THE Malaysian armed forces confirmed that there was a cyber attack on its data network yesterday.

Armed forces’ commander Gen Affendi Buang said the incident was detected by the defence cyber and electromagnetic division (BSEP) as well as the cyber defence operations centre (CDOC).

The attack involved certain segments placed out of the network and did not affect the actual operations of the portal, he said.

“As soon as the attack began, BSEP and CDOC implemented data traffic segregation for the purpose of obscuring the actual location of the classified data and thus protecting the network targeted by hackers.

“The armed forces are also aware of the ongoing cyber-attack attempts on the information network owned by the Defence Ministry,” he said in a statement today.

Affendi said the cyber security team is always on stand-by to ensure any threat to disrupt the defence communication network can be detected early and handled properly.

“The armed forces always monitor and enhance the aspects of cyber security from time to time, especially through BSEP and CDOC.”

Yesterday, hackers uploaded pornographic images on the armed forces’ portal about noon. – Bernama, December 29, 2020.