KUALA LUMPUR: Everyone is a suspect for now, say the police on a purported database leak of personal information of four million Malaysians that is for sale online. And the police are looking at the possibility of the leak being an inside job.“ We received a report yesterday( Monday) from the National Registration Department( NRD) deputy director in Putrajaya, ” said Bukit Aman Commercial Crime Investigation Department( CCID) director Comm Datuk Mohd Kamarudin Md Din.“ From there, we will work b

PETALING JAYA: An alleged data leak containing the information of 22.5 million Malaysians born between 1940 and 2004, purportedly stolen from the National Registration Department( NRD), has once again put the country’s data security measures in the spotlight. Local tech portal Amanz reported that the database, 160GB in size, is being sold for US$ 10, 000( RM43, 950) on the dark web.In the screenshot shared by the portal, the seller claimed that this is an expanded database compared to the one he

PUTRAJAYA: The alleged data leak containing information of 22.5 million Malaysians is not from the National Registration Department( NRD), says Datuk Seri Hamzah Zainudin. The Home Minister said there was a mechanism in place which could prove that the leaked information did not come from the department.He said nevertheless, investigations would still be done to ascertain whether there was any truth to the allegation.“ Previously, there was a similar allegation but we have managed to prove that

BUKIT KAYU HITAM( Bernama): The opening of the country’s borders to foreign tourists will only be determined after Malaysia moves into the Covid-19 endemic phase. Home Minister Datuk Seri Hamzah Zainudin( pic) said the country was currently still in the pandemic phase and its readiness to transition to the endemic phase would be determined by the Health Ministry." Once we are ready, the Health Ministry will announce it.... Actually, the Immigration Department( the enforcement agency that contro