Home Minister Hamzah Zainudin has urged the public to not speculate on the source of the alleged personal data leak linked to the MyIdentity system.<br /><br /><br />Yesterday, tech blog Lowyat.net reported the leaked data was sold online for 0.2 Bitcoin (BTC). This is approximately RM35,000.<br /><br />This dataset was also advertised on another online forum which is notorious for selling stolen personal information from all over the world.<br /><br />Based on a sample shown by the seller, the dataset is supposed to contain birthdates, emails, genders, mailing addresses, phone numbers, MyKad numbers, pictures, permanent addresses, race, and religion in the JSON format.<br /><br />The seller claimed that the data - involving four million entries - was obtained from the "MyIdentity API" through the Inland Revenue Board's website.
