Malaysia's Three Banks Face Service Disruptions; Public Fears Cyberattacks

深潮 TechFlow, November 8: According to Lianhe Zaobao, Bank Simpanan Nasional, Bank Islam Malaysia and Bank Rakyat Malaysia reported partial service anomalies on November 6, involving interbank withdrawals, mobile apps and official websites, raising concerns about cyberattacks, but there is currently no evidence that the three banks were subjected to cyberattacks, and it remains unclear whether the anomalies are related.

Bank Simpanan Nasional said interbank withdrawal difficulties were related to elevated ATM transaction volume; Bank Islam Malaysia said the app had compatibility issues with Android 17; Bank Rakyat Malaysia said the website outage did not affect banking systems, customer data or deposit safety. PayNet clarified on November 7 that the shared ATM network was operating normally.

According to Coin Bureau, citing data from FortiGuard Labs, in the 24 hours up to November 7, Indonesian banks and financial institutions encountered about 214,000 cyber threats, accounting for 61% of the national detection volume. These figures reflect the number of threat detections, do not indicate that banks have been breached, and cannot be used to establish a link to the Malaysia incidents.

Source: 深潮 TechFlow