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The government’s brand new price check portal has been hit by a security breach, allowing hackers to obtain details such as email addresses and contact information of over 2,000 registered users which security experts say can be used to steal financial data in a roundabout way.
The breach follows 1 Malaysia Pengguna Bijak’s (1MPB) immediate outage after its launch on Tuesday, which government officials blamed on teething problems.
Online community portal Lowyat.net reported this morning that there were “several vulnerabilities” in the RM1.4 million 1pengguna.com site that allowed hackers to pull “signup details, usernames, email addresses and hashed passwords (encrypted).”
Personally identifying information such as names, addresses, birthdays and any banks or companies one does any business with can be used for identity theft or so-called phishing, which use personal details to make a phishing attempt look legitimate.
“These passwords are not difficult to decrypt. You can also use these vulnerabilities to defame the entire site,” Lowyat.net founder and chief executive Vijandren Ramadass told The Malaysian Insider.
Vijandren also said that Lowyat had discovered “a severe lack of security on the site” when it was launched and contacted the website administrator but received no response.
He said that a hacker group called Rilekscrew group also pointed out that “these vulnerabilities allowed almost all the data contained on the server to be remotely accessed.”
“Obviously, this is not an RM1.4 million job. Security and user privacy is a very important issue, especially on a site backed by the government,” he added.
The Malaysian Insider has also obtained a list of over 1,000 user details including that of two site administrators.
The government admitted yesterday that the 1MPB portal was not ready for the 3.5 million hits it has received since being launched two days ago.
Domestic Trade, Co-operative and Consumerism Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob said that the 1pengguna.com website had “teething problems” after expecting only 300,000 to 400,000 hits.
The government had launched the portal on Tuesday, saying it will list the prices of 355 products sold at 110 hypermarkets, 100 products at 404 supermarkets, 50 products at 360 wet markets and 100 products at 24-hour convenience stores.
But it was down for most of Wednesday as attempts to obtain prices from the website located at 1pengguna.com resulted in repeated connection failures.
Beside trading a kidney for a quick cash, some even take a step further by swapping their kidney with an iPad. In China, a teenager has reportedly sold one of his kidneys for 20,000 yuan ($3170) so he could buy an iPad 2.
The high school student from Anhui Province, Xiao Zhang, confessed to his mother that he was motivated to sell the kidney after seeing an internet ad offering cash to people who were prepared to become organ donors, the Global Times reported.
His mother had discovered the iPad 2 and forced him to reveal how he was able to afford it.
"I wanted to buy an iPad 2, but I didn't have the money," the boy told Shenzhen TV. He also bought an iPhone and a laptop with the proceeds from the sale, his mother said.
Chenzhou 198 Hospital in Hunan Province, where the boy reportedly had his surgery, does not have qualifications for kidney transplantation.
It has denied any connection with the organ removal but has admitted contracting out its urology department to a private businessman.
The buying and selling of organs is a growing issue in China and the government has so far failed to stamp out the practice.
There have been many reports of "transplant tourists" who come from rich countries to buy much-needed organs from poor, desperate people.
The blackmarket trade is driven by the fact that there are many times more people waiting for organs than there are legitimate donors.
Zheng's mother told Shenzhen TV that she took her son to report the matter to police but the agents who had organised the organ trade were uncontactable.
Police are reportedly trying to track down the buyers.
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About 15.5% of the households in Singapore had more than US$1mil (RM3mil) of investable assets in 2010, the highest proportion in the world, a report said.
The latest global wealth report released by the Boston Consulting Group showed that the number of households with more than US$1mil assets, aside from properties occupied by the owners, grew by almost 33% from 2009, Xinhua news agency quoted local media report Thursday.
Switzerland came second with 9.9% of its households joining the millionaire club, followed by 8.9% for Qatar, 8.7% for Hong Kong and 8.5% for Kuwait.
The United States was ranked seventh at 4.5%, but has by far the largest number of millionaire households, about 5.2 million. In terms of the total number of such households, Japan was the second and China, the third.
For the world as a whole, the proportion of millionaire households was about 0.9%, but they owned about 39% of the world's wealth, up from 37% in 2009.
The Straits Times quoted an economist as saying that a number of factors contributed to the surge in the proportion of its millionaire households.
"Singaporeans saw their wealth surge because of the stronger Singapore dollar, sharp economic rebound and soaring asset prices, including property," said Chua Hak Bin, Bank of America Merrill Lynch economist.
"Openness to foreign talent and wealthy 'new' Singaporeans probably also expanded the number of millionaires."
Three brands of a Taiwanese food product are being removed from the Malaysian shelves here for containing carcinogens, while the Health Ministry is testing various other brands from the country. The three brands are Uni-Presiden Enterprise Corp, Country House Inc and Young Energy Resources Co Ltd. The affected products are:
1. Uni-President Asparagus Juice from Uni-Presiden Enterprise Corp, Taiwan.
2. Sunkist Lemon Juice, Sunkist Lemon Juice Drink with Aloe Vera Pulp, Sunkist Orange Juice and Sunkist Orange Juice Drink from Country House Inc, Taiwan.
3. Speed Sports Drink, Speed Sports Drinkg (Lemon Flavor) and Dong Nung 1000 Sports Drink from Young Energy Resources Co Ltd, Taiwan.
The banned items comprise fruit and energy drinks. The products being tested for possible traces of carcinogens - di-ethylhexyl phthalate (DEHP) and di-isononyl phthalate (DINP) include fruit juices, jellies, jams, yoghurts and sports drinks.
Health Minister Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai said the ministry had been informed by the Taiwan Food and Drug Administration (FDA) that three brands of food products were tainted with carcinogens.
He said DEHP and DINP were usually used in the production of plastic to make it more flexible.
“Both (chemicals) are added to a clouding agent (a food additive) to reduce food production costs,'' he said in a statement yesterday.
Liow said that following media reports on the tainted food products on May 25, the ministry contacted the importers concerned to make them immediately recall their items that were already in the local market.
“The public need not worry about the safety of food imported from Taiwan as safeguards are in place to inspect the products.
“Those who have already bought the products concerned are advised not to consume them,'' he added.
The minister warned that those found guilty of importing, storing, producing, distributing or selling the tainted products could be charged under Section 13 (1) of the Food Act 1983 and faced up to 10 years in jail, a fine of not more than RM100,000, or both.
Food Safety and Quality Division (FSQ) Putrajaya assistant director Leong Siew Hong said the unit was also sampling other Taiwanese food products from various outlets, including supermarkets and sundry shops, for traces of DEHP and DINP.
“These brands are available in most hypermarkets, especially in the central city areas,” he said.
“So far, we have taken 16 product samples for testing. We should be able to confirm within two days if the items are tainted.
“If they are, the items will be removed from the shelves and legal action will be taken against the companies responsible.” For details, call the FSQ or ministry at 03-88833652/3653 or visit http://moh.gov.my or http://fsq.moh.gov.my
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