Hackers have claimed on BreachForums to be in possession of four million U Mobile users' data, and are selling them for US$5,000 in Bitcoin.
Recently, Bloomberg reported that local telco U Mobile may be getting bought out by fellow telco Maxis. So it's probably not so good a time to also learn that a hacker has claimed to have breached the security system of the former, making away with personal data of about four million customers.
You've probably guessed that the claim first appeared on hacker haven BreachForums. The hacker in question claims that the data set contains personally identifiable information such as names, MyKad and phone numbers, as well as addresses of U Mobile customers. All of that is being sold for US$5,000 in Bitcoin.According to The Star, the Malaysian National Cyber Security Agency says that it is currently investigating the claims, and has also requested for details from U Mobile.
BreachForums itself has come in multiple iterations, and have had the site seized by the FBI before, but it looks like that's not stopping hackers from doing what they do. This also marks another security breach involving a Malaysians agency in recent times, with prior episodes involving the local Social Security Organisation and Immigration Department. We've reached out to U Mobile for comment, and will let you know when we hear back.
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