Database containing personal info of four million Malaysians allegedly being sold online

By Angelin Yeoh

The database, 31.8GB in size, is being offered for sale for 0.2 BTC (RM35,350). — 123rf.com

PETALING JAYA: A netizen has raised the alarm on a database being sold online that purportedly contains the personal data of four million Malaysians.

The database, according to a tweet by Adnan Mohd Shukor, is claimed to contain details such as names, emails, mobile numbers and addresses, and is grouped by birth year from 1979 to 1998.

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