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U.S. Man Blamed for Singapore Data Leak on 14,200 HIV+ Patients
Records of as many as 14,200 people with HIV and their 2,400 contacts have been "illegally disclosed online", Singapore's health ministry said in a statement, marking the second cyberattack the city-state has suffered in a year.
The HIV-registry data was leaked by a U.S. citizen, Mikhy K. Farrera Brochez, who was deported from Singapore after serving jail time for fraud and drug-related offenses, the ministry said. The leaked information included names, test results and contact details of 5,400 Singaporean citizens and 8,800 foreigners.
The latest data spill comes less than a year after a cyberattack on SingHealth that had exposed the medical data of about 1.5 million people, including outpatient details of the Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong. This breach is especially problematic since it compromises the identity of those living with HIV in a region which there's still a lot of social stigma around the condition.
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(Score: 2) by RamiK on Wednesday January 30 2019, @12:17AM (1 child)
Aha makes a bit more sense. Then again:
So,
5/1.5=3.33; 5400*3.33=17982.
But I suppose most of the infected would be registered? Then again wouldn't many of them go the extra mile for private medicine to make sure they're not on the register?
Ahh all this jumping around I think I broke the fence :D
But yeah you're right I should be more reserved. Still, between trusting the Chinese government telling me the guy was an evil cartoon mad scientist chasing fame and fortune and the doctor that tried to immunize two babies from AIDS... Yeah.
compiling...
(Score: 2) by takyon on Wednesday January 30 2019, @01:00AM
In the weeks since He Jiankui's achievement was revealed, many Western researchers have come forward saying that Jiankui talked to some extent about his plans. Some warned him that it would not be a good idea.
https://www.the-scientist.com/news-opinion/the-us-scientists-who-knew-about-crispred-babies-65405 [the-scientist.com]
The scenario of HIV-positive children being born to an HIV-negative mother is unlikely, and the CCR5 edit might not protect against all forms of HIV. By the time the children or a new population-scale batch of children* need to worry about catching HIV from sex partners, we might already have a cure for HIV/AIDS.
Jiankui wanted to reveal his achievement on his own terms but got blindsided by MIT and others. Still, he sought fame and prestige even after the reveal and heavy criticism, giving an interview with AP, attempting to get his research published in a journal, and appearing at the International Summit on Human Genome Editing. Now it looks like he will become a martyr instead.
*In a timeline where we do attempt to gene edit millions of embryos to confer HIV resistance, we would need plenty of years of research and debate before it could be started. Significant off-target mutations will not be tolerated. A newer and better gene editing technology than CRISPR might have to be used.
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