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Data of 70,000 people compromised after cybersecurity incident involving SLA vendor and its cloud
IBM managed the development and systems-integration testing environment for two Singapore Land Authority systems.
PHOTO: ST FILE
Published Jul 03, 2026, 02:36 PM
Updated Jul 03, 2026, 02:41 PM
SINGAPORE – The Singapore Land Authority (SLA) has been informed by its vendor, IBM, of a data security incident involving unauthorised access to a cloud environment.
IBM is the vendor appointed to support and maintain SLA’s Singapore Titles Automated Registration System (STARS) and eLodgment System (ELS), which included managing its systems-integration testing environment.
Preliminary investigations indicate that there was unauthorised access to a data set created for the sole purpose of vendor development and testing, SLA said in a statement on July 3.
The data set was created in 1998 and updated periodically over the subsequent years. It was intended to contain only mock and anonymised testing data based on property ownership and lodgment records, SLA said.
The authority has since uncovered that it also contained the names, NRIC numbers, and then property addresses of an estimated 70,000 individuals.
“This information should have been anonymised but was not. Investigations are ongoing to determine how this occurred,” SLA said.
As a precautionary measure, SLA has identified the individuals whose information was contained in the affected data set and has begun notifying them and advising them on how they can seek further information and assistance.
Property ownership and lodgment records in STARS and ELS remain secure and unaffected, SLA added.
