Personal information of over 800,000 blood donors exposed online: HSA

SINGAPORE - The personal information of more than 800,000 blood donors in Singapore was accidentally put online by a Health Sciences Authority vendor, but access to the database was cut off soon after the discovery.

The database contained registration information about everyone who has ever donated blood in Singapore, or who tried to donate blood and were turned away. This includes their name, NRIC number, gender, number of blood donations and the dates of their last three blood donations. Some donors' blood type, height and weight were also included in the database.The data had been provided to the vendor for updating and testing purposes, it added.

The cyber security consultant who accessed the data has told the HSA that he does not intend to disclose it and is working with the agency to delete the information, it added.

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