A claim was made by a Twitter user yesterday of a data leak involving nearly 13 million Malaysians from databases belonging to Maybank, Astro and the Election Commission. (Bernama pic)
PETALING JAYA: The 1.8 million Maybank account numbers which were said to have been part of an alleged data breach are fake, according to the communications and digital minister.
Fahmi Fadzil was referring to claims of a data leak involving nearly 13 million Malaysians from databases belonging to Maybank, Astro and the Election Commission (EC).
The claim was made by Twitter user “Pendakwah Teknologi” yesterday.
“Initial investigations show that the Maybank account numbers are fake and do not exist, and no transactions can be done on them,” he said in a statement.
“The investigation also showed that the alleged data leak is in reference to an incident that took place in 2018.
“However, official confirmation is required from the concerned parties before an investigation is conducted under the Personal Data Protection Act 2010.”
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