Singapore insurance customers among 110,000 hit by Alliance Medinet data breach

What BBN said about it

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorA healthcare administrator you've probably never heard of is tied to a breach that hit the personal data of about one hundred ten thousand people in Singapore.

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   Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorOkay, I need the one-sentence version for someone who just woke up. Who lost the data?

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorAlliance Medinet, the corporate healthcare arm of Alliance Healthcare Group. It runs managed healthcare and administration for several insurers.

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   Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorAnd the parent company told investors? Or the public?

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorIt disclosed the findings in a filing on Saturday, October twenty-fourth, according to Red Hot Singapore.

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   Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorSo how do insurance customers end up in a company's files when they never signed up with that company?

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorBecause it works behind the scenes. Medinet provides services to HSBC Life, Great Eastern and Income Insurance, among others.

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   Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorSo you were a customer of a company you couldn't name.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorI'd call it a quiet, behind-the-scenes membership. Very exclusive. One hundred ten thousand people exclusive.

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    Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorHow many of those are customers of the three insurers?

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    Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorNearly forty-four hundred affected or potentially affected, the insurers say.

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    Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorHSBC Life counts two thousand six hundred fourteen individual policyholders and one thousand three hundred eighty-one group members.

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    Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorAnd Income Insurance?

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    Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorOne corporate account, about seventy individuals. It says there's currently no evidence that bank account or medical information was compromised.

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    Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorThat's good. Currently. I like that it says currently.

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    Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorThat's called a forward-looking reassurance. It leaves room for updates.

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    Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorDid the insurers say their own systems were hacked?

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    Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorHSBC Life says its own systems were not compromised. It's telling policyholders to stay vigilant against scams and phishing attempts.

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    Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorSo the company that lost the data isn't the one I'd complain to, and I'm the one on guard duty.

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    Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorThe policyholder-led security model. Very empowering.

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    Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorIs the government involved?

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    Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorThe Cyber Security Agency of Singapore says it's aware and monitoring developments closely. How the breach happened hasn't been laid out in these reports.

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    Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorThen what should a person do this morning? Watch for odd texts and emails, I guess.

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    Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorCongratulations to all one hundred ten thousand of you. You've been members of something this whole time.