Malaysia's tech news: April of 2025

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Malaysia: Earlier in March, hackers attempted to infiltrate Malaysia Airports Holdings’ digital systems and demanded $10M ransom from the government / full item
Malaysia’s Bank Negara and Bank of Thailand ink MoU to cooperate on cybersecurity and digital fraud prevention / full item
Alibaba Cloud Malaysia AI Hackathon registrations close April 30th – details here / full item
Malaysia: MYStartup NXT Cyberjaya is set for April 22nd, a day for founders, investors, and ecosystem builders, running with the theme ‘Malaysia Builds Startups, Startups Build Malaysia’ / full item
Alibaba Cloud Malaysia AI Hackathon registrations close April 30th – details here / full item
Malaysia: MYStartup NXT Cyberjaya is set for April 22nd, a day for founders, investors, and ecosystem builders, running with the theme ‘Malaysia Builds Startups, Startups Build Malaysia’ / full item
Bank Negara Malaysia and National Bank of Cambodia launch Phase 2 of cross-border QR payment link, enabling instant payments within each country’s own QR and banking system / full item
Customers of Malaysia’s Maybank travelling to Cambodia can now use the bank’s MAE app for QR payments, scanning local Cambodian KHQR codes / full item
The Philippines is working with Malaysia and Japan to link their instant payment systems for merchants, with sights on graduating from bilateral ties to a multilateral approach / full item

World Bank Group: Future Jobs – Robots, AI, and Digital Platforms

Malaysia: April 2025