National Cancer Centre e-mail lapse allegedly exposes patients’ details
National Cancer Centre Singapore's misaddressed event invitation email exposed identities and contact details of patients with a genetic cancer condition.
An event invitation email sent by the National Cancer Centre Singapore (NCCS) used a mailing list that exposed recipients' identities, contact details, and in some cases workplaces. Affected individuals reportedly include patients with a genetic cancer condition, making the exposed health information highly sensitive. The incident, reported via DataBreaches.net, is a mistaken cc/mailing-list disclosure that has raised privacy concerns in Singapore.
- Mistaken cc/mailing-list error in NCCS event invitation exposed recipient details.
- Exposed data included identities, contact details, and some workplaces.
- Victims are individuals with a genetic cancer condition, making the leak especially sensitive.
- Countries
- Singapore
From the original article
The mistaken cc: breach still happens. Ann Neo reports: An invitation to an event sent by the National Cancer Centre Singapore (NCCS) has sparked privacy concerns after a mailing list exposed the identities, contact details and, in some instances, workplaces of individuals with a genetic cancer condition. The e-mail, an invitation to a Living with...
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