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新加坡16600多名艾滋病感染者信息被外泄

新加坡16,600多名艾滋病感染者(包括外国游客在内)及关联者的信息被盗,并上传至网上。

周一,新加坡当局披露了这起泄露于2016年健康数据的事件细节。

Officials believe a 33-year-old US citizen who lived in Singapore from 2008 is behind the leak. Mikhy Farrera-Brochez was convicted and jailed for fraud and drug-related offences in 2016 and was deported last year. He is the former partner of Ler Teck Siang, the former head of Singapore's National Public Health Unit, who was convicted of helping Farrera-Brochez falsify his medical records to disguise his HIV-positive status. 官员们认为,这起泄密事件的幕后主谋是一名从2008年就居住在新加坡的33岁美国公民Mikhy Farrera-Brochez。他于2016年因欺诈和与毒品相关的罪行被判处监禁,并于去年被驱逐出境。他的前男友吕德祥(音译 Ler Teck Siang)是新加坡国家公共卫生局前局长,因帮助Mikhy伪造医疗记录,以掩盖他感染艾滋病的事实而被判刑。via BBC



疑似泄露信息的美国人 Via BBC

据BBC的消息,就在几个月前,包括总理李显龙在内的150万新加坡人的记录被盗。有官员说,截止2013年1月,有5400名新加坡人和8800名外国人的详细信息已被泄露。

据《联合早报》报道,已被驱逐出境的Mikhy最近将非法获取的这批信息上传到网上,受影响的HIV携带者多达14,200人,他们的姓名、身份证号码、电话号码、住址和相关医疗资料均被外泄。而与他们有关联的另外2400人的资料也被外泄,共计16,600人。

新卫生部长颜金勇(Gan Kim Yong)在周一的新闻发布会上对此事表示抱歉:

"I'm sorry that one of our former staff who was authorised to have access to confidential information in our HIV registry appears to not have complied with our security guidelines," Health Minister Gan Kim Yong said at a Monday news conference, Singapore's Today Online news website reports. “很抱歉,我们的一名离职员工能拿到授权访问艾滋病登记处的机密信息,但他似乎没有遵守我们的安全准则。”On Monday, health officials said they had tried to contact "virtually all" of permanent resident and Singaporeans on the list - but had only managed to speak to about 900. A hotline has been set up for those affected, and counselling will be offered, Ministry of Health Permanent Secretary Chan Heng Kee confirmed.周一,卫生部官员表示他们试图联系名单上“几乎所有的”永久居民和新加坡人,但目前只联系上了约900人。卫生部常务秘书Chan Heng Kee证实,已为受此影响的人设立了热线电话,并将提供必要咨询。via BBC

据悉,直到2015年艾滋病毒携带者才被允许以游客身份入境新加坡。如今,任何想要停留超过90天的人,包括前往工作的人,都要必须接受相关的医疗检查,以确保他们没有感染HIV。

整合:A君

资料:BBC、联合早报

图:BBC