News & Reviews:   data leak

CIMB Malaysia denies allegations circulating on social media regarding a data leak involving CIMB Bank customers. That said, what should you know about it?

Substack, a service focused on email newsletters, has now confirmed that its service experienced a user data leak to a third party in October 2025. Substack said that among the data affected were email addresses and phone numbers.

Bank Rakyat finally came forward to explain the possible data leakage incident involving some customer information. Previously, we reported that Bank Rakyat’s data could be leaked. So, what should you know about it?

Bank Rakyat through a short message system (SMS) sent to users today informed that there is a possible issue related to data leakage detected in its service system. You might get a text message from Bank Rakyat on this issue. So, what should you know about it?

Recently, there was a viral post on X about a user’s driver's license. According to the post, the user keyed in all correct details in her MyJPJ app. But what happened after that was shocking. Instead of her photo, a Chinese woman’s photo appeared in her place.

Back in March 2019, Malindo Air suffered a data breach which compromised the passenger records of over 45 million of its customers. While the airline (which has since been rebranded to Batik Air following the pandemic) announced that it has successfully contained the leak in September 2019, the consequence of the cybersecurity issue was not known until today, whereby the leaked data has been spotted in an online forum known for selling personal data.

Cybersecurity has been a hot topic in our country recently following a series of high-profile data leaks that have unfortunately affected Malaysians. If you’re in the dark about what to do to protect yourself in the digital world, then the following advice from global cybersecurity and digital privacy company Kaspersky could do you a world of good. 

Read on to learn of the measures that you can take to safeguard yourself from the adverse repercussions of a cybersecurity breach.

Previously, we reported that the federal government is investigating the iPay88 cybersecurity breach in which Malaysian consumers’ card data may have been compromised. Now, even Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) has issued a statement regarding the incident, reassuring the people that the nation’s payment system remains safe and secure.

The Minister of Communications and Multimedia, Tan Sri Annuar Musa has confirmed that the government is aware of the cybersecurity breach affecting online payment provider iPay88. Moreover, he revealed that the government has begun investigating the matter.

Just recently, there was a huge personal data leak from a website that was trying to sell information from JPN and MySejatera. Although the website is no longer active, it was a worrying issue that the website allowed any Malaysian to be searched from their IC number to even if they are working in the police/military.