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KUCHING, July 13: Telekom Malaysia Berhad (TM) confirmed there was a data breach involving historical Unifi customers’ personal information that includes name, national identification/passport number, and contact details.
In a statement, it revealed that no financial information was impacted.
The company also confirmed that the breach has been contained and proactive steps have been taken to protect the data across its platforms.
It has sent out notifications to customers informing them of the data breach and to be wary of phishing tactics including online scams, suspicious links and unsolicited phone calls.
The statement went on to say that TM has also reported this matter to the relevant authorities—National Cyber Coordination and Command Centre (NC4); Department of Privacy and Data Protection (JPDP); and the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC).
TM assures all customers that its Unifi services remain fully operational with no impact to its users.
On 12 July, TM stated, it began seeing a number of Unifi customers reporting that they received emails and text messages supposedly from Unifi, stating that a data breach had occurred and that personal information of Unifi users had been exposed. — DayakDaily
