27-09-2019 23:33 via kvoa.com

Man convicted in Singapore data leak sentenced to 2 years

LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — A man convicted of leaking Singapore’s HIV patient database as part of an alleged extortion attempt has been sentenced to two years in prison in Kentucky.
Singapore’s health ministry accused Mikhy Farrera-Brochez of leaking a database of 14,200 people infected with HIV. FBI agents found Farrera-Brochez in Kentucky earlier this year after his mother had kicked him out of her house.
An FBI affidavit says the 34-year-old Farrera-Brochez threatened to publish
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