Tag - Digital Ministry

Digital Ministry monitoring IT outage, taking action

KUALA LUMPUR: The Digital Ministry is closely monitoring the global information technology (IT) system outage that affected numerous airlines, businesses and organisations on Friday (July 19). Digital Minister Gobind Singh Deo (pic) said the ministry has received several reports of disruptions and is actively working to remedy the situation. "All measures are being taken to address this...

Govt drafting new law to combat online fraud, ensure digital security

TAIPING: The Digital Ministry has provided assurances that amendments to the Personal Data Protection Act 2010 (Act 709) will not affect the government's efforts to create a new law to combat online fraud.   Digital Minister Gobind Singh Deo said this was because the two acts are entirely different from both technical and legal implementation perspectives.   "The amendments...