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SingHealth hack highlights dangers if tech is embraced without full understanding

Smart Nation Singapore had an early lesson in failure when healthcare group SingHealth's computer system was hacked.
It was an unprecedented breach of 1.5 million patients' data, including Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong's, raising serious public health and safety issues.
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