Malaysian authorities have confirmed that hackers compromised the WhatsApp account of Home Minister Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution.
The minister’s office reported that unidentified individuals hacked Saifuddin Nasution’s personal WhatsApp account using a foreign VPN service. The attackers then began to send malicious links to the minister’s phone contacts.
In an official statement, the minister’s office described the incident as “serious” and immediately reported it to the authorities for inves