Singapore’s Singtel says personal information of 1,29,000 users stolen in data breach

‘We have disappointed our stakeholders and not met the standards we have set for ourselves,,’ says the Group’s CEO Yuen Kuan Moon

Personal information of about 1,29,000 customers of Singapore’s leading telecom company Singtel has been stolen after a recent data breach of a third-party file sharing system, the company said.

Singtel, an associate of Bharti Airtel, has completed initial investigations into the breach and established which files on the Accellion file transfer appliance (FTA) were accessed illegally, reported Channel News Asia on Wednesday, citing the company’s news release.

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Singtel’s Group CEO Yuen Kuan Moon has apologised to customers for the data breach and assured that data privacy is paramount and support in mitigating the potential risks.

The stolen personal information includes the customers’ National Registration Identity Card numbers and a combination of names, dates of birth, mobile numbers and…

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