Touch ‘n Go has given a stern warning to those looking to hack its cards to reload them illegally and use them to pay toll and public transport fares or to make purchases, according to The Star.
“Touch ‘n Go systems are being constantly upgraded and those attempting to cheat will get caught,” said CEO Syahrunizam Samsudin. He added that the recent incident – involving two people who reportedly managed to hack and reload a dozen cards, using them at tolls and on various over-the-counter purchases for two months – was an isolated case.
“We wish to highlight that there is no risk of this incident affecting other card users,” he said. “We give this assurance based on our investments made in terms of card technology, processes and fraud detection mechanisms.”
Syahrunizam added that there are bound to be irresponsible people in all stored-value card and payment systems, who will attempt to abuse, manipulate or tamper with the technology in order to cheat or commit fraud. He also advised the public to only purchase cards from authorised dealers and sellers.
Earlier, the police have said that those who are caught reloading their Touch ‘n Go cards illegally can be prosecuted under Section 4 of the Computer Crimes Act.
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To: AP system cronies, Rakyat need to abolish all of yours friends and cronies when the time come… Rakyat are suffering yet Rich AP owners still live in luxury and finding ways to cheat Rakyat !!!
Lesson of the day: The government/Proton can do day light robbery with GST and junk cars but citizen not even allowed to make use of Touch N Go existing loophole. Bravo!
Meanwhile steal a billion $…and its all good!
However..if you got derma credits from God knows where..its ok..
U talking about Dear Leader & Selangor 3 billion kah?
how to hack the card? any video demo?
Their IT division lazy lar. Only main telur makan kuih.
This could have been prevented if they are more vigilant about security.
This kind of hack was done a very long time ago to demonstrate the card’s security. at that time TnG is able to detect cards that’s out of sync with the system. I think that’s how they caught these ppl.
when ones treat MONEY as god…this is what happen
mind to pm the one can hack the card.. like to use it
Dear Malaysian government, please be realistic. Depan mata ppl taking tax payers money in billions nobody dares to do anything. With the current economy which is expected to be worse you think malaysians wont resort to shortcuts in life ah? of course ppl wanna reduce their financial burden also, they’d do anything for it in this given economy situation. So please buck up the politicians before bucking us up.
Earlier, the police have said that those who are caught reloading their Touch ‘n Go cards illegally can be prosecuted under Section 4 of the Computer Crimes Act.
So, illegal reloading cards is a crime but using a illegal reload card is not? Tell me where to reload it now.
T&G only knows how to yap yap yap on how good your cards it. Improve your service and make it like Oyster, Octopus card then I’m sure people will be happily paying for it. Currently no.
desperate users hack the card to get free tolls and parking is called irresponsible. When price toll increase is legally referred to as necessary.
Steal RM2.6b n u commit no wrong. Steal a packet of Milo n u get jailed.
Steal 2.6 billion, u get harangue like a criminal.
Steal 3 billion, u get hailed as a hero.
Najib bodo, shud just do like Dear Leader.
The two who got caught were being too greedy. They could have easily go under the radar and reload just bit by bit only. And get free money for life.
mana ada hack? that’s donation from the Sulu King.
Why can you guys just focus on TouchnGo? Enough with all these crony, AP and donation issues. Wasting time with these things won’t make your life easier. Perhaps that’s why you’re still poor and keep complaining.