Revisit MCMC to plug cybersecurity breaches - Annuar

BernamaPublished: Oct 1, 2021 6:50 AM

The Communications and Multimedia (MCMC) Act should be reviewed to ensure that cybersecurity breaches such as personal data leakage can be handled by force of law with gravity, said Communications and Multimedia Minister Annuar Musa.

Annuar, in a statement today, said he has directed the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) to revisit the MCMC Act 1998, and hopes that a thorough investigation will be conducted on the alleged leakage...

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