The stories shaping Malaysia, in focus.
France's tax authority suffered two major cyber-breaches in June and July, compromising data on at least 678,000 taxpayers and 200,000 property owners. The Zerobytes hacking group claimed responsibility, claiming access to officials' VPN credentials.
France's tax authority has confirmed a significant cyberattack in which hackers accessed personal and professional taxpayer information. The breach, discovered in late June, may have affected nearly 700,000 individuals.
The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission is preparing additional arrests as its investigation into the hacking of the MyIMMs immigration system deepens, with suspected involvement in unlawful processing of temporary employment passes.
Malaysia's anti-corruption agency has secured remand orders against twelve suspects allegedly operating a sophisticated scheme to breach the national immigration database and fraudulently issue employment visas.
Authorities have dismantled a criminal network that illegally accessed Malaysia's immigration database to issue counterfeit temporary work permits. The MACC and Immigration Department conducted a joint operation targeting the sophisticated fraud scheme.
South Korea's foreign ministry disclosed a significant data breach affecting records of roughly 10,000 diplomats at a government-run academy. Authorities are investigating whether state-sponsored actors were involved in the incident.