QuickCheck: Was there data leak recently involving personal information of Malaysians?
Source: The Star
Published on: 2026-06-20 14:03
IN AN era where daily life is increasingly conducted online, personal data protection is a critical public concern. Sometimes, all scammers need is a name and IC number to [pull off their schemes. So i true that there was a recent data breach involving the National Registration Department's (NRD) systems? Verdict: FALSE The NRD has denied claims on social media recently claiming that their systems were breached. It said the claims refer to incidents in 2021 and 2022 involving an external agency that had already been dealt with. It said the external agency had stored the data for service delivery purposes. "Following the incident, a police report and a report to the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) were lodged, while data-sharing mechanisms with external agencies were strengthened and tightened. "The NRD stresses that there has never been any data leak, s...
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