Over 800,000 Malaysians' personal data with photos, allegedly stolen from MySPR site, being sold for about RM9,000

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The seller claimed that the database contains the info of 802,259 users, including selfies and MyKad photos that were provided for online voting registration on the MySPR Daftar website through the electronic Know Your Customer system.According to the uploader, the database also contains the full names, MyKad numbers, email addresses, hashed passwords, phone numbers, birth dates and addresses of voters.@acaiijaweIn another post, the uploader is selling the personal data belonging to 22.

The MySPR Daftar website, launched back in 2019, allowed Malaysians to register as voters online, though with the shift to automatic registration this year, the MySPR system now only functions for changing voting addresses and the application for postal voting for those overseas and other eligible individuals.

The Department of Personal Data Protection declined to comment, saying that the Personal Data Protection Act 2010 doesn't apply to state and federal government bodies, and that the Act served to regulate the processing of personal information in commercial transactions. CyberSecurity Malaysia said it’s still waiting for a response from its tech team, while the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission has yet to respond.

 

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