PUTRAJAYA, July 24 (Bernama) — A total of five government agencies and nine private companies were affected by the global information technology (IT) outage on July 19, Digital Minister Gobind Singh Deo said.
He named the government agencies as the Ministry of Transport, the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Rural and Regional Development, the National Institute of Health and the Kedah Zakat Board.
The nine private companies impacted involve the aviation, banking and healthcare sectors.
“All data in the government sector are secured. There has been no data leakage, and we have observed no issues regarding data integrity,” he told a press conference here today.
However, Gobind said there had been a phishing attempt during the IT outage, which the government successfully prevented.
— BERNAMA