John Bunyan reports: The Ministry of Communications and Digital has ordered Capital A, the parent of AirAsia, to submit supporting documents and data for the investigation into the breach of the airline’s networks that exposed the personal information of millions of passengers and staff. Communications and Digital Minister Fahmi Fadzil said the security breach affecting…
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Cyber-enabled financial crime: USD 130 million intercepted in global INTERPOL police operation
Press Release: LYON, France – An INTERPOL police operation to tackle online fraud has seen almost 1000 suspects arrested and the seizure of USD 129,975,440 worth of virtual assets. Fraud investigators around the world worked together over five months (28 June – 23 November) to intercept money and virtual assets linked to a wide range…
AirAsia victim of ransomware attack, passenger and employee data acquired
AirAsia Group* pledges to be responsible when gathering personal information and to protect privacy “in every possible way.” That’s not a contract, mind you, but just an expression of their commitment. On November 11 and 12, AirAsia Group fell victim to a ransomware attack by Daixin Team. The threat actors, who were the topic of…
Personal info of 800,000 voters compromised by alleged breach of EC database (UPDATED)
Update: The Home Minister says the claims reported below are untrue because the Election Commission only releases information such as the names and identity card numbers of voters. Original post: Kalbana Perimbanayagam and Dania Nabila report: Another data breach has allegedly occurred in Malaysia, this time involving the personal details of 800,000 voters. The 67gb…
Revenge telecom hacking by DESORDEN Group; third attack threatened
DESORDEN Group has added a new transparency demand to their attacks against Malaysian entities: victims must disclose the breach publicly if they have not paid the attackers. If the victim doesn’t disclose and Malaysian media does not report the incident, Malaysia should expect more breaches. The added demands arose after DESORDEN claimed they spent hours…
Singapore corporations making progress in preventing cyberattacks
It was a back-handed compliment of sorts: experienced hackers telling DataBreaches that it had gotten noticeably harder for them to successfully attack big corporations in Singapore. “The most difficult country to attack now, are Singapore companies,” they told DataBreaches in a chat. “A lot has changed since 3 years ago. It is hard to even…