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  "id": 10356443,
  "title": "WhatsApp crisis: Meta to respond to MCMC today over hacked, blocked accounts",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/28/whatsapp-crisis-meta-to-respond-to-mcmc-today-over-hacked-blocked",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-09-28T03:37:32.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "New Straits Times",
    "slug": "new-straits-times",
    "url": "https://www.nst.com.my/business/corporate/2026/09/1542716/whatsapp-crisis-meta-respond-mcmc-today-over-hacked-blocked"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "KUALA LUMPUR: Meta is set to respond to Malaysia’s communications regulator today over mounting complaints involving WhatsApp accounts that users say have been hacked, blocked or rendered inaccessible.",
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      {
        "outlet": "Free Malaysia Today",
        "title": "MCMC blocked 101.66 million spoof calls between Feb and Aug, says Teo",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/27/mcmc-blocked-101-66-million-spoof-calls-between-feb-and-aug-says-teo",
        "published": "2026-09-27T09:22:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Malay Mail",
        "title": "MCMC blocks 101.66 million scam calls with telcos under spoofing gateway from Feb to Aug",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/27/mcmc-blocks-101-66-million-scam-calls-with-telcos-under-spoofing",
        "published": "2026-09-27T09:25:40.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "New Straits Times",
        "title": "MCMC blocked 101.66 million spoof calls from Feb to Aug",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/27/mcmc-blocked-101-66-million-spoof-calls-from-feb-to-aug",
        "published": "2026-09-27T09:30:22.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}