India: Airtel continues to deny that it had a breach affecting more than 2.5 million subscribers’ data, despite reports and seeming evidence to the contrary. According to a statement they issued, the threat actors who call themselves “Red Rabbit Team” have made various claims over the past 15 months. “This group has been in touch…
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Court denies bail for two Malaysians facing US cybercrime charges, pending extradition
The Star reports: KUALA LUMPUR (Bernama): Two Malaysian men who are wanted by the US Justice Department for alleged money laundering and cybercrimes in the country will remain in prison until their extradition application is heard by the Sessions Court next week. This followed the decision of the High Court here Tuesday (Dec 15) to…
Singapore, Malaysia credit card details dumped online in massive data breach
Tashny Sukumaran reports: Hundreds of thousands of credit card details from at least six Southeast Asian countries – including Malaysia and Singapore – have been leaked online, according to India-based cybersecurity start-up Technisanct. The company said this week it had found a series of data breaches involving credit card details issued by top banks in Singapore, Malaysia, the Philippines,…
Khazanah files police report on leak of Malaysia Airlines board papers
The Edge Markets reports: Upset and shocked by what appears to be a leak of the entire board papers on Malaysia Airlines Bhd, Khazanah Nasional Bhd wants police to act. Sources said the country’s sovereign wealth fund lodged a police report on the matter yesterday. The sources said this was not a normal leak of…
Malaysia’s Malindo Air confirms passenger data breach, advises frequent flyers to change passwords
Reuters reports: Malaysia’s Malindo Air, a subsidiary of Indonesia’s Lion Group, said on Wednesday (Sept 18) that it was investigating a data breach involving the personal details of its passengers. Malindo Air’s statement followed a report by Moscow-based cyber-security firm Kaspersky Lab that the details of around 30 million passengers of Malindo and fellow Lion…
Malaysian govt sued over data breach affecting millions
Malaysia’s internet regulators are being dragged to court over the massive data breach that involved more than 46 million mobile subscription accounts in the country. Fahmi Fadzil, communications director of the opposition People’s Justice Party, has filed a civil suit against the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) and Nuemara (M) Sdn Bhd, a private…