Incidents in country:
4 incidents catalogued
The University of Nottingham confirmed a cyber incident after the ShinyHunters extortion group claimed to have stolen around 40 GB of data from its student-records system, exposing roughly 455,000 email addresses along with names, passport numbers, and fee-payment details.
The Daixin Team ransomware gang breached AirAsia, stealing and leaking personal data on roughly 5 million unique passengers and all of the airline's employees, after the carrier reportedly declined to negotiate a ransom.
Malaysia Airlines disclosed a nine-year data security incident at a third-party IT provider running its Enrich loyalty programme, exposing member names, contact details, dates of birth and frequent-flyer data.
Personal data of 46.2 million Malaysian mobile subscribers — names, ID card numbers, SIM and IMSI numbers, and addresses from at least a dozen telcos and MVNOs — was leaked and offered for sale online, in the largest data breach in Malaysian history.