Data breaches nothing new, says expert


PETALING JAYA: Although news about the data leak is disturbing, a technology site editor Vernon Chan says personal data privacy has already been breached in many ways.

“Look at how many spam calls and texts we get daily. This has been happening for a while,” said Chan, who runs vernonchan.com.

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