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Malaysia: Information of over 46 million mobile numbers leaked

Personal data of about 46.2 million mobile phone numbers in Malaysia could be in danger upon the information about the largest data leak so far in the country.
Malaysia: Information of over 46 million mobile numbers leaked ảnh 1Personal data of about 46.2 million mobile phone numbers in Malaysia could be in danger upon the information about the largest data leak so far in the country (Photo: AFP/VNA)

KualaLumpur (VNA) – Personal data of about 46.2 million mobile phone numbersin Malaysia could be in danger upon the information about the largest data leakso far in the country.

Theleak was revealed by the news website lowyat.net early of this month and it wasreported to the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC).

Accordingto Vijandren Ramadass, founder of the website, the leak included personal dataof nearly the whole Malaysia’s population such as customer addresses,identification numbers and sim card details.

Morethan 32 million people in the country could be vulnerable to cyber attacksaiming to gather personal information illegally.

Vijandrensaid that mobile operators in Malaysia should affirm the incident and informtheir customers to carry out necessary countermeasures.

Theincident is under investigation.-VNA

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