Personal information of over 220,000 Malaysian organ donors were disclosed
The Malaysian media recently reported that the personal information of more than 220,000 organ donors and their relatives in the country was disclosed. This is the second significant personal data leakage in Malaysia in the past six months. Although the Malaysian police have already announced their involvement in the investigation, The incident still raises Malaysian public concern about personal privacy.
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According to a recent report by Malaysian technology portal Lowyat.net, complete information on more than 220,000 organ donors in the country was disclosed. The leaked information includes the names of organ donors, ID numbers, phone numbers and home addresses. Due to the disclosure of the donors’ family members, the incident was estimated to involve a total of more than 440,000 people. The website’s founder VIJANDREN said organ donors’ personal information was posted on a popular document-sharing website. Although VIJANDREN asked the document-sharing website for a document to be deleted on January 21, the other party did not respond. The document is still online.
It has been reported that documents containing this personal information may have been leaked as early as September 2016 and are organized according to the date of registration of organ donors from 1997 to 2016. Given that these data contain data from public hospitals in Malaysia and the National Center for Organ Resource, the website concluded that the information may have originated from a central database. The Malaysian Internet regulator, the Communications and Multimedia Commission, said it is assisting the police in conducting the investigation. Up to now, the police have not released any new information.
This is the second large-scale personal information leak in Malaysia in six months. Last October, Lowyat.net reported that leakage of personal data of 46.2 million mobile phone users in Malaysia, including user addresses, ID numbers, SIM card data and the like, has also been reported. These leaked mobile phone accounts may also involve tourists from foreign countries Or stayers, the public opinion in Malaysia is generally concerned that such information will be fraudulently used by fraudulent groups.
