Alleged govt data breaches must be addressed


By SERI

A RECENT report of a potential data breach at the National Registration Department (JPN) raises concerns regarding the security measures that are in place to protect the rakyat’s data.

The report states that a database of four million Malaysian citizens containing data freshly obtained from JPN and hasil.gov.my (Inland Revenue Board) through the MyIdentity API has been put on sale through an online forum.

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