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Five Immigration Department officers have been remanded until August 6 as police investigate their suspected involvement in hacking the Malaysian Immigration System, allegedly used to illegally process temporary work visas.
The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission has dismantled a criminal network that infiltrated the country's immigration system to generate counterfeit work permits, signalling growing cybersecurity vulnerabilities in government databases handling sensitive citizen data.
Authorities have dismantled a fraud syndicate that allegedly hacked the Malaysian Immigration System to illegally process work permits. Twelve suspects including four immigration department officers were detained following a joint MACC and Immigration Department investigation.