KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 10 — The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission said today it has received 2,093 complaints regarding cyber incidents as of August this year, amid concerns over compromised text messaging accounts.the complaints included unauthorised access to social media and personal messaging accounts and loss of access to their accounts due to forgotten passwords.
Last month, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri lodged a report with the MCMC and the police after his personal Telegram and Signal accounts were hacked. According to MCMC, complainants who have lost access to their social media and personal messaging accounts have been advised to lodge reports with the respective platform providers.
As for the issue of compromised or hacked Telegram accounts, MCMC said users are advised to read up on Telegram's security features to use it more securely, including not sharing any security code or personal information with anyone.
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