: There is a need for a revision of legislation covering personal data if security breaches are to be avoided, or at the very least minimised, cyber security experts toldAssoc Prof Dr Selvakumar Manickam of Universiti Sains Malaysia said data breaches can be extremely damaging, citing the leak involving Malaysian telcos in 2016, which gave rise to Macau scams.
“Malaysia’s Personal Data Protection Act should be bolstered with new regulation requiring online systems to be stress-tested and certified by security experts and fix any vulnerabilities found,” he said. Cyber-security testing firm LGMS Group chief executive officer Fong Choong-Fook said data leaks pose a great risk since it gives rise to malicious practices such as the selling of identities and scams.
Custodians of personal data can be made liable for breaches of the data and consumers can lodge complaints with the Personal Data Protection Department. The number of members affected was not disclosed. However, personal data involved included names, date of birth, gender and contact details of the programme members.
Lecturer and criminologist Shankar Durairaja said data breaches not only have severe consequences to consumers but also to the companies.
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