MP calls 5-day response time to data leak report ‘unacceptable’

A lawmaker has criticised CyberSecurity Malaysia for its slow response to a report of a major personal data breach last month involving the International Trade and Industry Ministry’s (Miti) Public-private Partnership Covid-19 Industry Immunisation (Pikas) programme.

Speaking to Malaysiakini, Lembah Pantai MP Fahmi Fadzil noted that while the leak was first reported by technologist Suresh Ramasamy on May 22, the government agency only responded to the report five days later on May 27.

He labelled the response time as “absolutely unacceptable”, adding that...