全國300餘名艾滋病患者個人信息疑遭泄露

An investigation has been launched by the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (China CDC) after a suspected leak of confidential information about some people infected with HIV.

近日，部分艾滋病患者的保密信息疑遭泄露，中國疾病預防控制中心已就此展開調查。

The Beijing News reported that people infected with HIV from 30 provincial regions had received phone calls from someone claiming to be a government official.

據《新京報》報道，30個省份感染艾滋病病毒的人收到了一個自稱是政府官員的人的電話。

This "official" was actually a fraudster, who told patients that they would receive an allowance if they paid a fee first.

這個所謂的政府官員實際上是個騙子，他告訴患病病人，如果他們先支付一定費用，那麼就會收到補助。

As of Monday evening, more than 350 HIV patients from across China had received scam calls and said their personal information had been leaked, according to the BHL China League, an online interactive platform for HIV patients.

艾滋病患者在線互動平臺白樺林全國聯盟稱，截至週一晚間，全國已有逾350名艾滋病患者接到了該詐騙電話，這些患者表示其個人信息遭到泄露。

"The actual number of patients affected by the privacy leak and getting scam calls may be much higher than what we have received," said Bai Hua, chief of the league.

"白樺林"負責人白樺稱，受隱私泄露影響，接到詐騙電話的患者的實際數量也許比我們獲悉的要高得多。

The China CDC said that it had reported the case to police and had notified local CDCs, urging them to alert HIV patients to the scam.

中國疾控中心表示已向警方報案，並通知地方疾控中心，敦促它們提醒艾滋病患者警惕此類騙局。

The center will review its information systems, enhance encryption measures and cooperate with police to crack the case as soon as possible, the official said. "We hope that anyone who receives these fraudulent calls reports the matter to their local public security department immediately," the official added.

官方表示，中國疾控中心還將對信息系統進行排查，並加強相關加密措施，配合警方儘快破獲案件。官員補充說道：“我們希望收到這些欺詐電話的人，立即向當地公安部門舉報此事。”