Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob today revealed that his personal Telegram account has been hacked by ‘irresponsible individuals’. Furthermore, he also urged for anyone that have received messages from the account to disregard its content and report the matter to the authorities.
Sharing the matter on his official Twitter account, Ismail did not elaborate on how the account was compromised by hackers. However, the incident does highlight cyber security issues in our country, as if the Prime Minister’s own personal account can be hacked, it could definitely happen to anyone.
This latest high-profile hacking incident follows a rising concern on cyber security in country recently which includes an increased number of online scam cases. In fact, as reported by our sister website TechNave BM, Malaysia is actually ranked amongst the worst nations in the world in terms of cyber security.
Previously, we reported that there’s a rampant phishing scam going around via SMS which uses a fake Touch ’n Go website to deceive users. Besides that, the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) also recently issued a PSA on a fake SMS scam from ‘GOV’ that tried to deceive users by saying that it is linked to MySejahtera.
Earlier this year, the Royal Malaysia Police (PDRM) reported that over RM2 million were lost to online fraud from January to March 2022 with many of the cases involving compromised Telegram accounts. In a report by Bernama,…
