PUTRAJAYA: The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) says no ransomware attacks have been reported in Malaysia as at 10am today amidst a massive global cyber-attack which hit nearly 100 countries.
“MCMC is continuing to monitor the situation together with other enforcement agencies,” said the commission in a statement yesterday.
MCMC advised Malaysians to immediately take precautions including to update their software to the latest patch, to ensure that all hosts have enabled endpoint anti-malware solutions, and to immediately backup vital data to an external hard drive or cloud storage service, if they have not done so.
“At the same time, do not click on any suspicious links and report any incidents to the authorities as quickly as possible,” said MCMC.
According to reports, a global spate of ransomware cyber attacks hit organisations
around the globe with among the worst hit was the National Health Service (NHS) in England.
Meanwhile, the Ministry of Health does not expect hospitals in Malaysia to experience major IT issues due to ‘ransomware’ attack, which is now crippling the health service in England, because the country does not have such a database system.
Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr S Subramaniam said the ministry was also informed that the government was improving the special control system dealing with cyber security threats such as this. — Bernama