The Independent Singapore20d
Government will not impose financial penalties for ACRA data breach, says Senior Minister Teo Chee Hean
SINGAPORE: Senior Minister Teo Chee Hean has made it clear that imposing financial penalties on public agencies for the December 2024 data breach involving the Accounting and Corporate Regulatory ...
CNA21d
Ministerial statement: Teo Chee Hean on review into public disclosure of full NRIC numbers on Bizfile People Search
A confluence of several shortcomings on the part of the Ministry of Digital Development and Information (MDDI) and Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority (ACRA) and how they had interacted with ...
Business Times21d
Financial penalties for public agencies ‘not meaningful’; officers held accountable for NRIC disclosures: SM Teo
From Dec 9 to 13, full NRIC numbers were disclosed on Acra’s Bizfile portal, contravening guidelines in the government’s Instruction Manual for Infocomm Technology and Smart Systems Management. The ...
The Straits Times21d
6 missteps in Acra’s disclosure of full NRIC numbers in December 2024
SINGAPORE - A review panel investigating the disclosure of full NRIC numbers last December on the Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority’s (Acra) Bizfile portal published its findings on ...
Asia One21d
Staff involved in NRIC saga could face 'appropriate measures' from counselling to having performance grade and payments reduced
which resulted in full NRIC numbers being disclosed on Acra's Bizfile portal. Officers involved in the shortcomings include those whose actions contributed directly to the shortcomings ...
The Online Citizen22d
Pritam Singh presses SM Teo over NRIC ummasking saga, SM blames miscommunication
He noted that this was crucial to understanding whether ACRA had sought appropriate guidance before making changes to its Bizfile portal. His second question centred on ACRA’s internal discussions ...
The Straits Times23d
NRIC saga: Review finds key Acra, MDDI shortcomings; no evidence of deliberate wrongdoing
On Dec 9, 2024, Acra refreshed its Bizfile portal with a search feature that allowed the full NRIC numbers of registered people on its database to be accessed for free. The feature was taken ...
Channel NewsAsia Singapore24d
No 'deliberate wrongdoing' by MDDI, ACRA in unmasking of NRIC numbers: Review panel
Last December, there was a public outcry over privacy concerns when queries made on ACRA's Bizfile portal produced full NRIC numbers for free in search results. ACRA chief executive Chia-Tern Huey ...
Business Times24d
Government review finds no wilful wrongdoing in Acra’s NRIC disclosure, but identifies six ‘shortcomings’
A GOVERNMENT review has found no “deliberate wrongdoing” or “wilful inaction” behind the disclosure of full NRIC numbers on the Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority’s (Acra) Bizfile portal on ...
Mothership.sg24d
2 taken to hospital after car swerves across 3 lanes, crashes into motorcycle near Woodlands Checkpoint
In a video shared on the Facebook group Singapore roads accident.com, a white car seemed to change lanes abruptly before slamming into a Malaysian-registered motorcycle. It swerved across three ...
Asia One24d
NRIC unmasking issue: No evidence of deliberate wrongdoing by agencies, says Govt panel
The panel also noted that Acra and MDDI had exchanged multiple emails "without engaging each other on the crux of the misunderstandings". Acra's Bizfile leads didn't attend Govt briefing on NRIC ...