Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) has temporarily suspended all access to the Credit Control Reference Information System (CCRIS). The suspension comes after what is believed to have been a cyberattack by hackers whose target was the personal data of all individuals registered to CCRIS.
Despite the alleged attacks, BNM has said that users of CTOS, the credit reporting agency that retrieves, compiles, and processes the data from CCRIS, should be safe from the attack. The agency goes on to assure its users that it has stepped up its assessments and processing methods, in order to protect the integrity of its data.
CTOS also says that BNM’s decision to suspend all access to CCRIS is applicable to all credit reporting agencies (CRAs), and not just it alone. On a related note, the agency also says that it is currently monitoring the dark web for any evidence of CCRIS data being sold and that its SecureID monitoring tool will be available for one month. For anyone who wishes to check if their data is being sold.
BNM has also assured users that access will be restored once CRAs gain control over their own security. In the meantime, it says that financial consumers can continue to access their CCRIS reports via the provided link.
At the time of writing, BNM has yet to confirm if an investigation is underway. However, considering that the attack caused BNM to suspend all access to CCRIS, it is highly likely that the threat actors who breached its security are individuals with advanced knowledge of the system’s API.
(Source: Business Today, The Edge Markets)
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