KUALA LUMPUR: Data breaches have surged in recent years, with 646 cases reported in 2023, jumping 1192% from just 50 in 2022.

The Digital Ministry has already recorded 427 data breach reports as of September this year, Minister Gobind Singh Deo told Dewan Rakyat on Thursday (Oct 17).

"Data leaks have serious implications for the country's security and sovereignty.

"Sensitive information like personal details of citizens, government secrets, and security data can be manipulated by threat actors and hackers.

"This opens the room to cyber threats like surveillance, hacking attacks, and data misuse that erode public trust in government institutions," he said in a written reply to Khoo Poay Tiong (PH-Kota Melaka) in Dewan Rakyat on Thursday (17 Oct).

The minister added that unscrupulous parties could exploit exposed data to commit cybercrimes such as identity theft and attacks on critical national infrastructure.

Furthermore, data breaches risk damaging the country's economy and creating instability, he said.

"The government will always take proactive measures to reduce the risk of data leaks and ensure the security of the nation's information is guaranteed," he added.

Meanwhile, he said the Ministry has implemented monitoring and cyber threat detection measures to curb incidents of government sector data being traded on the Dark Web.

He added that this includes establishing an active monitoring centre supervised by CyberSecurity Malaysia's Pre-Emptive Services and Technology Division to oversee suspicious activities on the Dark Web.

The Ministry also analyses and gathers information on data breaches involving government ministries and agencies. It has provided guidelines and training to civil servants on cybersecurity issues and data leak prevention measures.

The Ministry is collaborating with other agencies and law enforcement, such as the Personal Data Protection Department (JPDP), to ensure prompt action against any data breach incidents.


https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2024...security-threat

Digital id going to solve that?

One stop solution.

Hack one place can access everything.

waiting padu

some more we still wanna scan the eyeball and sign up with digital eye dick..

Many government departments are still using old versions of software and hardware.

From my past experiences some are still using Windows Server 2007 for production environment etc

so they trust india cybersecurity consultants?

lu first day in maresial? it going to leak soon. and gomen have to adjust KPI so it wont look bad

how many government and glc independent app alone are out there and how many of them have secure data protection?

jpj need one, mpsj need one, dbkl need one, ampang need one, parking need one, tnb need one, syabas need one, mysejahtera need one, every fucking one department needs one, and everyone will open mouth asking for allocations for app development.


oh wait...
why consolidate if we can get free money every year for budget allocation from mp and state gov?
it's not like there's consequences to actions.
might as well make some money from rakyat out of it.

Install crowdstrike will solve the problem

If you do that then people will complain "One stop solution; Hack one place can access everything"

Data Security in Malaysia is really poor .

malaysia cyber security is a joke.

If digital id breached, can access to all database.
But then, we have padu database which has more data of a person.

This two database probably the top target.
If breaches, tak apalah, like all the past incidents.

Gov systems all done by trainees or by half baked contractors that got the job because of kabel

This post has been edited by killdavid: Oct 17 2024, 02:34 PM