COMMUNICATIONS and Digital Minister Fahmi Fadzil urged the public to give Cyber Security Malaysia, the National Cyber Security Agency and the Personal Data Protection Department to investigate claims that the Social Security Organisation’s website had been hacked.

“Sometimes the information shown on the dark web is old information that has been repackaged as new.

“But I will get the details and my office will issue a statement later,” he told the media at the Madani Government One Year Anniversary Programme at Bukit Jalil National Stadium in Kuala Lumpur today.

Fahmi advised corporations and government agencies tasked with large-scale data gathering and processing to be vigilant and ensure that they had a chief information security officer to boost their cyber security.

Fahmi also shared that 16,000 visitors had attended the one-year anniversary programme, with a total of 200,000 visitors expected throughout the three-day duration, adding that it would allow the public to learn more about the various policies and efforts by government ministries and agencies.

On the termination of singer Kaka Azraff’s contract by Warner Music Malaysia, Fahmi said he was aware of the matter and described it as more of a contractual issue.

“As a minister, I’m sympathetic but Kaka Azraff has not contacted my office at this point, so we will see how we can help.

“It’s important that I stress that it’s a contractual matter and if there’s any legal action, we leave it to the courts to decide,” he said after media outlets reported that Kaka’s contract was supposedly terminated after she spoke up against the atrocities by Israel against Palestinians. – Bernama, December 8, 2023.