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Two call center workers at the Dutch Municipal Health Service - GGD Amsterdam - were arrested for allegedly stealing patient data. Pictured here, a GGD clinician administers a vaccine to a patient. (Photo: GGD Amsterdam)
Police in the Netherlands have arrested two health ministry workers for allegedly stealing COVID-19 patient data from the agency’s systems and offering it for sale online.
The arrest on Jan. 23 of the two Dutch Municipal Health Service, or GGD Amsterdam, workers comes on the heels of a December cyberattack on the Netherlands-based RTL Nieuws, last week found personal data from the GGD systems offered for sale on chat services, including Telegram, Snapchat and Wickr.