Software development firm held liable for unauthorised intrusion, information theft
The amount of damages to which Gas Malaysia is entitled will be determined at another hearing.
A software development firm, TMS Software Sdn Bhd, has been found liable for unauthorized access and theft of sensitive data from Gas Malaysia Bhd. Judicial commissioner Redzuan Idrus ruled in favor of Gas Malaysia based on the balance of probabilities presented. The court also rescinded a letter of award awarded to TMS for design work on a workflow automation project.
Gas Malaysia discovered an intrusion into their systems between March 7-14, 2024, resulting in the exfiltration of 621 GB of data. The firm obtained a search warrant and found login traces, billing artifacts, deleted browsing histories, and internal documents in TMS's possession. TMS's witnesses failed to provide a satisfactory explanation for the found data, leading the court to deem them uncredible.
The defendants were found to have concealed the involvement of a third-party developer in the workflow automation project, which Gas Malaysia did not know about at the time. This deliberate concealment was seen as a fundamental breach by the court. Gas Malaysia will now proceed with an assessment of damages hearing.
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