Local expertise must be competent enough to deal with any cyber attack, says PM


PETALING JAYA: Government and industry players must cooperate to protect the country's critical infrastructure from any high-level threats, says Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.

During the daily briefing from the Prime Minister's Office on Thursday. (March 27), Anwar's senior press secretary Tunku Nashrul Abaidah said the National Cyber Security Agency (Nacsa) and the National Security Council (NSC) were instructed to work closely over the recent cyber-attack on Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad (MAHB), where hackers demanded a US$10mil ransom.

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