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A British Labour Party lawmaker is pursuing legal action against Elon Musk's xAI, seeking a court order to prevent Grok from creating non-consensual sexualised images of her. The case could establish new precedent for data protection law applied to AI developers.
Malaysia's Personal Data Protection Department is investigating the unauthorised disclosure of telecommunications customer details involving content creator Khairul Aming. Maxis has identified the individual responsible for the breach.
Malaysia's Personal Data Protection Department is investigating an alleged unauthorised disclosure of customer account and billing information on social media, with Maxis confirming unauthorised access occurred and legal action underway.
Malaysia's statistics authority is ramping up efforts to implement the newly passed Statistics Bill 2026, which modernises the nation's data governance framework and replaces a law dating back to 1965.
Malaysia's incoming Cybercrimes Bill 2026 is essential to bridge existing legal vulnerabilities as cybercriminals deploy increasingly sophisticated techniques, Deputy Prime Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi has stated.
Singapore's Land Authority disclosed a cybersecurity breach affecting approximately 70,000 individuals whose personal information was exposed through an IBM-managed cloud environment used for property registration system testing.
Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim has stressed the need for Malaysia to develop its own sovereign cloud infrastructure to protect sensitive national and personal data, while remaining open to foreign digital investment.
Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission investigators have dismantled a coordinated fraud operation in which company owners, agents and accountants misused personal information to illegally obtain approximately RM9 million from a government wage incentive programme.