No Affin Bank customer accounts compromised by ATM hacks, says ABM


KUALA LUMPUR: No customer account balances were compromised during the spate of automated teller machine (ATM) hacks in Affin Bank over the weekend, said the Association of Banks Malaysia (ABM).

Chuah Mei Lin, executive director of ABM, of which Affin Bank is a member, said in statement Tuesday that member banks were now stepping up efforts on security to protect customers’ data, following reports of ATMs in Selangor, Johor and Malacca being hacked into.

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