Malaysia’s National Cyber Security Agency (NACSA) and Malaysia Airports released a joint statement Tuesday confirming that a cyberattack started causing disruptions on March 23. Computer outages at Malaysia’s Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) this weekend were attributed to a recent cyberattack, according to the country’s cybersecurity agency and aviation authority. Megat Zuhairy Megat Tajuddin, chief executive of NACSA, said in the statement on Tuesday that they received a report on the incident on March 23 and have been following the situation closely. The statement emerged as Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim also confirmed the incident during a speech on Tuesday. Ibrahim said the attackers targeted Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad (MAHB), the company that runs most of the country’s airports, and demanded a $10 million ransom. A former lawmaker slammed the government for not being more forthright about the situation, sharing photos from the airport showing workers writing out departure times on a dry erase board. “Was it true that the disruption In KLIA 1 & 2 was due to a ‘network equipment failure?’” said Wee Choo Keong, who has become a prominent critic of the government since leaving office. Over the last six months, ransomware gangs have damaged systems used at international airports in Seattle, Japan and Mexico.
This Cyber News was published on therecord.media. Publication date: Tue, 25 Mar 2025 19:20:05 +0000