Database of Armenia’s Covid-19 patients and potential suspects hacked - reports
A database of some 3600 Covid-19 patients and those who came in direct contact with them, has been hacked, Samvel Martirosyan, an expert tin information security wrote on Facebook, adding the list is caught by Azerbaijani hackers.
Martirosyan cited a hacker alleging the database was hacked from the ministry of healthcare computers. The data included information on patients’ residential addresses, passport data, and contact details, and in his words ‘is unlikely to be fake.’ Martirosyan didn’t publish the list of the people citing personal data protection.
Panorama.am turned to the ministry of healthcare for comments on the incident.
Alina Nikoghosyan, Spokesperson at the ministry, informed the law enforcement bodies are investigating the incident. “There is no such database at the ministry,” Nikoghosyan noted.
Meanwhile, at the request of Panorama.am to comment on the report, an officer at National Security Service press service promised to provide comments later.