An alleged breach of COVID-19 test result data is being investigated by authorities in Indonesia.
Concerns over a possible breach were raised after a hacker tried to sell what they claimed was the personal information of hundreds of thousands of people who had been tested for the novel coronavirus in Indonesia on an online forum.
Posting on the database sharing and marketplace forum RaidForums on June 18, the alleged hacker claimed to have exfiltrated the test results and personal details of 230,000 people.
The possible cyber-criminal posted a for-sale notice under the username “Database Shopping.” A sample of the allegedly leaked data was displayed along with an offer to sell the entire set for US$300.
Information the alleged hacker claimed to have accessed included names, addresses, phone numbers, ages, and nationalities. Also included were the private medical records of people who had been tested for COVID-19 at a number of different hospitals in well-known tourist hotspot, Bali.
Source: Infosecurity Magazine
