Tighter bank security measures after SingHealth hack

Banks have tightened their customer verification processes and assessed how the attack on SingHealth might affect current checks. PHOTO: ST FILE
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Banks have stepped up security measures following a directive from the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) last month, in the wake of a cyber attack on SingHealth.

Personal information of 1.5 million patients at the country's largest public healthcare group was stolen in the worst cyber attack in Singapore's history.

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A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Straits Times on August 10, 2018, with the headline Tighter bank security measures after SingHealth hack. Subscribe