Malicious actor reportedly gained access to database used to manage computers, mobile devices

CANBERRA, July 9 — Australia’s Qantas Airways today said more than a million customers had their phone number, birth date or home address accessed in one of the country’s biggest cyber breaches in years.

KUALA LUMPUR, June 26 — The Sessions Court has ordered the former employee of a pay television station who is facing 743 charges of tampering with clients’ account data to undergo a month's observation at Hospital Bahagia Tanjong Rambutan in Ulu Kinta, Perak.

LONDON, Dec 18 — The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) announced on Tuesday that it has fined tech-giant Meta 251 million euros (US$263.7 million) for a personal data breach affecting 29 million Facebook accounts globally, reported Xinhua.

JAKARTA, Sept 19 — Indonesia's tax agency is investigating an alleged data breach that exposed the taxpayer identification numbers of millions of Indonesians, including President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo, his ministers and his two sons.

KUALA LUMPUR, May 10 — Leaders of organisations must ensure a comprehensive technology risk management framework is in place as it guides organisations to identify key risks and put the right controls in place, the Securities Commission Malaysia (SC) said.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 5 — Claims of a low number of registrations and information updates in the Central Database Hub (Padu) system due to data integrity issues are inaccurate, said Economy Minister Rafizi Ramli.

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 11 — CyberSecurity Malaysia (CSM) has warned of a significant increase in data breach incidents from January to November this year.

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 8 — The Social Security Organisation (Socso) has guaranteed that its system, database, and website, which hackers attacked on Saturday (December 2), will not disrupt services to contributors, employers, and the public.

KUALA LUMPUR, May 11 — The bill for the establishment of the Malaysian Media Council (MMC) is expected to be tabled in Parliament by March next year, said Communications and Digital Minister Fahmi Fadzil.

KUALA LUMPUR, May 11 — Universiti Teknologi Mara (UiTM) has been urged to take follow-up action to overcome the issue of data leakage involving applicants for the university, after a recent breach.

KUALA LUMPUR, April 27 — Agensi Kaunseling dan Pengurusan Kredit (AKPK) has determined that about 20 of its customers have had personal information — names and National Registration Identity Card (NRIC) numbers — published by cybercriminals on the dark web.

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 30 — A total of 250,248 Unifi Mobile customers, comprising both individual customers and small and medium enterprises (SMEs), have been found to be affected in a data breach involving their contact information, Telekom Malaysia (TM) said.

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 7 — Payment gateway services provider iPay88 (M) Sdn Bhd has been instructed by Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) to undertake additional measures to further strengthen its cyber security controls and information technology infrastructure.