KUALA LUMPUR: The administrators (admins) of technology portal LowYat.net and recruitment site JobStreet were among the witnesses called in the investigation into the massive data leak first reported in October. The police have called several witnesses who have been identified to give their statements,” said Deputy Minister of Telecommunications and Multimedia, Datuk Seri Jailani Johari. The leak of personal data involving 46.2 million mobile phone subscribers occurred in 2014 and did not involve the latest data, Jailani confirmed. He said investigations were conducted by the police, Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) and the Personal Data Protection Department under Section 4 of the Computer Crimes Act 1997 (Act 563) and Section 130 of the Personal Data Protection Act 2010 (Act 709). The data breach was first reported by LowYat.net on Oct 19, after somebody tried to sell the data on its forums.

Source: The Star December 12, 2017 08:26 UTC