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Malware/trojan in software repository
  • 3 Mar 2025

    HOMECROWD SDN BHD Kevin Chew Tze Kenn

    Citation
    WA-12BCY-1-05/2024 (Mahkamah Tinggi)
    Court
    High Court
    Case number
    WA-12BCY-1-05/2024 (Mahkamah Tinggi)

    On the balance of probabilities the Defendant breached express contractual confidentiality obligations (Appendix II read with the Consultancy Agreement) and fiduciary duties by permitting unauthorised third‑party access to and revoking access from Plaintiff's GitLab repository and by committing files consistent with a Trojan/Backdoor under the Defendant's account; these breaches caused reliance losses which the Plaintiff proved with factual evidence and RM147,427.16 was awarded accordingly.