At least 10 lawmakers have received threats, mostly members of Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim’s own party
Communications Minister Fahmi Fadzil said the members of parliament were sent similar emails over the weekend demanding that they pay the ransom via a QR code or the clips would be released to the public.
It is the largest number of Malaysian politicians ever to be targeted by a single smear campaign. Blackmailers had in the past focused on senior leaders and other influential individuals.
“Checks found that the emails used nearly identical wording and included similar screenshots [of the alleged videos] … believed to have been sent from the same email address,” Fahmi revealed in a statement on Sunday.
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