If you were born between the year 1979 -1998, your personal information might be at risk here.
A database kept by the National Registration Department (JPN) seems to be on sale for around 0.2 bitcoin, or RM35,000, according to an IT expert.
The expert, Adnan Shukor shared more dirt about the seller offering the addresses, phone numbers & MyKad numbers online through the Inland Revenue Board (LHDN).
4 juta data peribadi rakyat Malaysia diiklan untuk jualan. Dikatakan data dari API myIDENTITY pic.twitter.com/UboJAwPlnC
— Adnan (xanda) Mohd Shukor (@xanda) September 27, 2021
LHDN is just one of the 10 government bodies on myIDENTITY, the platform where the JPN data is being leaked.
We should feel insulted that Malaysian’s information is deemed to only worth RM35k pic.twitter.com/r6LoPEsEVn
— Vincenzo Casano (@Being_Me_Sara) September 28, 2021
Apparently, a total of 32GB of data in 19 files contain information of Malaysians aged 23 to 43, including photographs, race & religion.
Shockingly -or not-, it isn't the first time the seller has been selling people's personal data. The same seller claimed to put up a database of the Election Commission for sale previously.
Officials are currently investigating these claims.
