It has also been known to work with other agencies, including the Special Branch, military intelligence and the National Security Council and other agencies. The agency is also known as the “Research Division of the Prime Minister’s Department” and is likely the source of the purchase of the spyware mentioned above. Classified agency materials were leaked, including a letter allegedly addressed to the US Central Intelligence Agency asking for political support of the then-incumbent prime minister. The existence of a secretive Malaysian spy agency only came to light sometime around the period of the country’s 2018 general elections. Even worse, this was not the only occasion the government was found to be using spyware against its own citizens.Įmergence Of Secretive Government Intelligence Unit One such company is Gamma Corp which developed two sources called FinSpy and FinFishier.įinFisher for example was purchased for use by various government agencies here including the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Agency, Malaysian Intelligence and the Prime Minister’s Office. Unfortunately, spyware is also developed by legitimate companies who sell them to other companies and even governments. You’ve heard of spyware, malware and the like, but have you ever heard of the government making use of them? When we hear these terms, we are often led to think of the shady cybercriminals lurking online who are using these tools to steal from or otherwise harm us. Given this emerging information that has spanned apparently, years, as well as many other factors, is the time right for users in Malaysia to start considering investing in Virtual Private Network (VPN) services? However, there have been troubling developments over the past few years that have prompted me to rethink this decision.įrom the discovery of secretive government intelligence units to the purchase of specialized spying software, Malaysia isn’t apparently as safe for Internet users as many people would think. Malaysia isn’t the usual place where people would think that there is a need for a VPN. Still – privacy has to come at some sort of price, right? Unfortunately, given that broadband speeds in Malaysia are rapidly increasing, many of us will note that shared VPN services like this will only offer certain levels of speeds. What I love best though is that it is agile enough for me to connect to any of their servers while not really losing out on speed consistency. It also ticks a lot of the right boxes for me, including support for P2P as well as a handy whitelisted for anything that gives issues with the VPN link. That’s acceptable for a service that offers a fast and secure connection. I signed up for two years with Surfshark and the cost comes up to roughly RM100 per year. Thankfully, Surfshark provides us a good opportunity to buy into a top-rated service for minimal cost. This is especially true when buying into international services online – not to mention our new Digital Taxes which add on to the burden of such choices. Due to the relatively weak value of the MYR compared to top currencies like the USD, Malaysian consumers have typically more to worry about when it comes to pricing.
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