CYBERSECURITY Malaysia and the Department of Personal Data Protection have been instructed to investigate the alleged leak of the personal details of 13 million people, Communications and Digital Minister Fahmi Fadzil said.

The instruction came after the issue was highlighted on Twitter early this morning.

Fahmi, who responded to the thread, said the leak was serious because it involved a large volume of data.

“I will ask Cybersecurity Malaysia and the department to investigate whether there is a data leak involving the parties concerned and take action,” he said.

Earlier, he shared a post of Facebook user Pendakwah Teknologi, who claimed that user information on nearly 13 million Malaysians from Maybank, Astro and Election Commission (EC) websites had been leaked.

According to the post, a website listed details of 3.5 million Astro subscribers and 1.8 million Maybank customers, as well as 7.2 million voters at 7.56pm on December 25.

The leaked information allegedly involved the login ID, full name, date of birth, address.

In response, Maybank said it takes allegations of customer data leaks “very seriously” and is investigating a claim that there had been one involving the bank.

The bank said it is “investigating if these allegations are true since Maybank has not experienced a data breach”.

“The bank wishes to reiterate that it emplaces strong cybersecurity and data protection measures to safeguard the security, privacy and integrity of its data and systems,” it said in a statement today. – December 30, 2022.