Overview

• The Football Association of Malaysia reported a breach of its Competition Management System and the site remains out of service.
• A message on the CMS homepage demanded payment and warned that all databases would be deleted within 13 hours if payment was not made.
• FAM has filed a formal complaint and opened an investigation to determine the source of the attack.
• The CMS hosts player registrations, match statistics, team data and official competition documents, raising concerns about verification and appeals processes.
• FIFA recently issued 12-month bans to seven players, including Facundo Garcés, Imanol Machuca and Rodrigo Holgado, for using manipulated documentation, with no public evidence linking that case to the cyber incident.