Method of Infection: Exploited a zero-day vulnerability in a third-party file-sharing system (Accellion FTA) used by Singtel.
Effects on Devices: Personal data of 129,000 customers, bank account information of 28 former employees, and credit card details of 45 staff of a corporate customer were stolen
Date of Occurrence: February 2021
Example: Singtel Data Breach
Ransomware Attack
Method of Infection: Attackers gained privileged access to the IT network by compromising a front-end workstation and obtained login credentials to access the database.
Effects on Devices: Personal particulars of 1.5 million patients and records of outpatient dispensed medicines belonging to 160,000 patients were stolen
Date of Occurrence: June to July 2018
Location: Singapore
Example: 2018 SingHealth Data Breach
SPYWARE
Method of Infection: Typically delivered through malicious links in messages, exploiting vulnerabilities in mobile operating systems.
Effects on Devices: Allowed attackers to access messages, emails, microphone, camera, and other sensitive data on infected smartphones.
Date of Occurrence: First discovered in August 2016; multiple incidents reported subsequently.
Location: Global
Example: Pegasus Spyware
virus
Effects on Devices: Encrypted files on infected computers, rendering them inaccessible.
