The recent data breach of the National Population and Family Development Board (LPPKN) database, orchestrated by hacker group R00TK1T, underscores the vulnerabilities in Malaysia's data protection system, said a cybersecurity specialist.
It also clarified that the attack on February 19 by the hacker group R00TK1T was not on the federal government’s Padu or central database system, but rather a unit within LPPKN with the same acronym.
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