KUALA LUMPUR: No police report has been lodged in connection with claims that the MyKad data of 17 million Malaysians has been leaked and is being sold on the dark web.
Bukit Aman Commercial Crime Investigation Department (CCID) deputy director Deputy Comm Datuk Rohaimi Md Isa said the CCID's Cyber Crimes and Multimedia Investigation division have not discovered any report on the matter.
"We will continue to monitor the situation to verify the validity of the information.
"A proper investigation will be conducted with the cooperation of other relevant agencies if a police report is lodged," he said in a statement on Wednesday (Dec 4).
It was reported that dark web threat intelligence firm StealthMole first highlighted the issue on Tuesday (Dec 3) on X (formerly known as Twitter), stating that threat actors claim to be in possession of MyKad data belonging to 17 million Malaysians and are offering it up for sale on the dark web.
"As proof, they have publicly shared samples of Malaysian ID cards on the dark web," the company wrote in the post.
"This massive data breach raises concerns as it could lead to serious crimes like identity theft and financial fraud," it said.
