Every day, millions of lines of data with personal identifiable information (PII) are being written automatically due to the digitalisation of commerce and government.

Inevitably, some PII databases will end up being sold, traded, or "dumped" - meaning shared for free - on the internet.

The latest PII alleged leak to have caught the attention of the authorities is an attempt to sell alleged National Registration Department (NRD) records.

The discovery was made by Adnan Shukor...