Cybersecurity Malaysia and the Personal Data Protection Department have been asked to probe an alleged data leak from Maybank, Astro and the EC

Cybersecurity Malaysia and the Personal Data Protection Department have been asked to probe an alleged data leak from Maybank, Astro and the EC. 

Communications and Digital Minister Fahmi Fadzil says the leakage is serious, as it involves a large amount of information.

Fahmi said this when sharing a Twitter post highlighting that the leakage involved the data of 13 million Malaysians. 

According to the post, the data includes usernames, full names, dates of birth, addresses and identity card numbers.