Revisit MCMC Act to ensure cybersecurity breaches can be handled by force of law, says Annuar


KUALA LUMPUR (Bernama): The Communications and Multimedia (MCMC) Act should be reviewed to ensure that cybersecurity breaches such as personal data leakage can be handled by force of law with gravity, says Tan Sri Annuar Musa.

In a statement Friday (Oct 1), the Communications and Multimedia Minister said he had directed the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) to revisit the MCMC Act 1998, and hoped that a thorough investigation would be conducted on the alleged leak by a government agency.

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