All govt agencies told to be on high alert over hacking threat, says NSC


PETALING JAYA: All government agencies have been notified to take the necessary steps to prevent and minimise the impact of a hacking threat made by a hacker activist group, says the National Security Council (NSC).

It said the Prime Minister’s Department through the National Cyber Security Agency (NACSA) and the council were seriously looking at the threat to hack government websites as claimed in a viral video that was released by “Anonymous Malaysia” on social media.

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