Investigators probing into the massive online breach of information of more than 46 million mobile phone subscribers in Malaysia have traced the leak to an Internet Protocol (IP) address in the Arabian peninsula. Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Mohamad Fuzi Harun said the team, comprising police and Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) officers, traced the data leak to an IP address in Oman. On Thursday, Fuzi had revealed the data breach could have taken place during a data transaction, when several crooked employees of a company were able to take advantage of the situation. The data breach was first reported last month by public online forum Lowyat.net, which said it had received information that someone was trying to sell a huge database of personal information. The data comprised mobile phone numbers, MyKad numbers, home addresses and SIM card data of 46.2 million customers of several mobile phone operators.

Source: New Strait Times November 18, 2017 01:18 UTC