Prasarana Confirms Cybersecurity Breach, Assures No Disruption to Public Transport Services

Written By Aizat Sultan

The Edge | 26th August 2024

KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 26): Prasarana Malaysia Bhd, which operates the country's public stage bus and rail services, confirmed that it has been hit by a cybersecurity breach involving part of its internal systems.

However, Prasarana assured that the incident had not caused any disruption to its daily operations and that its priority remains on the safety and reliability of public transport services.

"Our cybersecurity team has identified and is addressing the incident, which involved unauthorised access to several of our systems.

"We are managing and dealing with the situation. We are also working with cyber security experts to investigate and take mitigation measures," Prasarana said in a statement on Monday.

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