Health Ministry investigating leak of patient records

KUALA LUMPUR: The Health Ministry is investigating reports of a data leak involving the patient records of nearly 20,000 Malaysians.

Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Dzulkefly Ahmad said his Ministry views the breach seriously and has called for a special meeting with the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) and National Cyber Security Agency (Nacsa) to identify the source of the leak, revealed by Germany-based security firm Greenbone Networks.