Cyber threat disrupts Malaysian Election Commission’s digital systems
A cyber threat targeting the Election Commission of Malaysia’s digital systems caused access disruptions. The commission took steps to protect its systems and launched an investigation, stating that election operations would continue.
Key facts
- Affected organisation
- Election Commission of Malaysia
- Incident type
- Hacking & intrusion
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Disrupted access to digital systems
- Cause / method
- A cyber threat targeting digital systems
- Location
- Malaysia
Timeline
- The commission said an investigation into a suspected cyber-attack on its official website was under way and that it was awaiting a full report.
- The commission confirmed a cyber threat to its digital systems, took protective measures and said election operations would continue.
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