Police opened an investigation in an attempt to find the thieves, whose motives remained unknown on Friday evening.
by Belga
sThe Joint Community Committee (KOCOM) announced on Friday that several computers, one of which contained data from vaccinated people, were stolen overnight from Monday to Tuesday during a burglary at the Pacheco vaccination center in Brussels.
“To avoid any potential leakage of citizens’ personal data, Cocom, in cooperation with the police, IT teams and the data protection team, has taken action swiftly,” the Covid communications service said. 19 of this bilingual political establishment in a press release.
“As a public administration, Cocom strictly guarantees respect for the protection of private life. That is why everything has been done to prevent anyone from unauthorized use of data that can be accessed via stolen computers.”
Cocom’s Covid director, Inge Nevin, told Belga that one of the stolen computers contained data from residents of Brussels who had been vaccinated against Covid, while ensuring that the risk of data leaking abroad was “limited”.
Police opened an investigation in an attempt to find the thieves, whose motives remained unknown on Friday evening.
Anyone with questions about this theft or the status of their data can send them to the email address: [email protected].
