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Wee sounds alarm on Padu cybersecurity after massive Indonesian database hack

He stresses importance of learning from incident, as Malaysia recently encouraged citizens to enter personal information into the system

Ticketmaster hacked: 560 mil customers’ data exposed, hackers demand US$500,000 ransom

This comes days after hacking group ShinyHunters posts evidence on dark web, calling the ransom a ‘one-time sale’

Padu trust issues not from data collection, but cybersecurity concerns: PAS rep

Ahmad Fadhli Shaari said individuals have reservations about sharing personal data with government initiatives like Padu due to fears of data breaches.

LPPKN confirms R00TK1T cyberattack on internal info, usual services not affected

It also clarified that the attack on February 19 by the hacker group R00TK1T was not on the federal government’s Padu or central database system, but rather a unit within LPPKN with the same acronym. 

Maxis confirms investigations on suspected cybersecurity breach

The telecommunication service provider said it "did not identify anything related to our own systems (but has) identified a suspected incident involving unauthorised access to one of our third-party vendor systems that reside outside of Maxis' internal network environment." 

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