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The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission has arrested five additional Immigration Department officers as its investigation expands into allegations that the MyIMMs system was breached to issue fraudulent Temporary Employment Visit Passes.
Security experts argue the Malaysian Immigration System breach represents a critical national security vulnerability rather than isolated cybercrime, raising concerns about border integrity and state resilience.
Malaysia's anti-corruption agency has arrested 12 people, including six immigration officers, in connection with a significant breach of the MyIMMs database. Arrests were made at MACC headquarters and the Penang immigration department.
Malaysian authorities have successfully broken up an organized syndicate accused of illegally accessing the MyIMMs database to issue thousands of fraudulent Temporary Employment Visit Passes, in a coordinated operation involving the anti-corruption and immigration agencies.