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Comms Ministry to take immediate action on iPay88 data breach: Annuar

Minister says company’s vendor currently probing issue

Updated 3 years ago · Published on 12 Aug 2022 8:58PM

Comms Ministry to take immediate action on iPay88 data breach: Annuar
Communications and Multimedia Minister Tan Sri Annuar Musa (pic) has said the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission, the Personal Data Protection Department and CyberSecurity Malaysia are looking into the matter and met with iPay88 this morning. – Bernama pic, August 12, 2022

KOTA BARU – The Communications and Multimedia Ministry will take immediate action regarding the data breach that hit online payment service provider, iPay88 (M) Sdn Bhd, its minister Tan Sri Annuar Musa said.

The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission, the Personal Data Protection Department (PDPD) and CyberSecurity Malaysia (CSM) are looking into the matter and met with iPay88 this morning, he said.

“The case is still being investigated further by iPay88’s vendor, Sisa from Singapore, who identified the threat being used as a Cobalt Strike.

“The affected server has been taken offline for further investigation. Sisa’s investigation is still ongoing and iPay88 will inform PDPD and CSM of all results,” he told reporters during a walkabout around Kok Lanas here today.

Media outlets previously reported that iPay88 had confirmed that a cybersecurity incident had occurred that may have compromised consumer credit card data.

The company reportedly issued a statement saying that since May 31, it had engaged a cybersecurity expert to address the issue and that it was working closely with the authorities. – Bernama, August 12, 2022

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