Security1 hOctober 15, 2026, 15:45

Malaysia's MyDigital ID to Adopt Post-Quantum Cryptography

Malaysia is preparing its national digital identity platform MyDigital ID to adopt Post-Quantum Cryptography (PQC) to counter threats from quantum computers. The platform already uses MFA, PKI and SHA-256, and had 14.2 million registered users and 82.75 million logins as of 7 October 2026.

Lowyat.NET

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MyDigital ID will adopt PQC and a crypto-agility approach under national policy
Platform uses MFA, PKI and SHA-256 hashing
14.2 million registered users as of 7 October 2026
82.75 million logins since 2024, over 200,000 daily transactions

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