We’ve leads on ministers’ payroll data breach, says Annuar

 

Communications and multimedia minister Annuar Musa said the government had decided to let only one agency comment on the matter.

PETALING JAYA: The government has obtained “specific” leads on the alleged breach of personal data and payroll details of several ministers, MPs and civil servants, Annuar Musa said.

The National Cyber Security Agency will issue a statement on the matter soon, Harian Metro quoted the communications and multimedia minister as saying.

He said Putrajaya had decided to allow only one agency to comment on the incident to ensure that the ongoing investigation was not affected.

“But we have obtained specific leads and action is being taken,” he was quoted as saying.

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On Friday, it was reported that police had launched a probe into a claim by a group of hackers who said they possessed such personal data and reportedly plan to sell it from Sept 19 onwards.

The group had alerted Putrajaya on Sept 7 that the salary data system for civil servants had been breached and asked the government for a response by Sept 12, Sin Chew Daily reported. - FMT