Singapore disconnects healthcare computers from the Internet after cyberattack


A man holds a laptop computer as cyber code is projected on him in this illustration picture taken on May 13, 2017. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel/Illustration/Files

SINGAPORE: Singapore has disconnected computers from the Internet at public healthcare centres to prevent cyberattacks of the kind that caused its worst breach of personal data, a government official said on July 24.

Singapore started to cut web access for civil servants in 2016 to guard against cyberattacks, but stopped short of including public healthcare institutions. Officials may still surf the Web using separate personal or agency-issued devices.

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