A group leaked K Box members' personal info because they are unhappy with Causeway toll hike

K box members are now singing the blues.

Tan Xing Qi| September 16, 03:33 PM

More than 317,000 K Box Singapore members' personal information have been leaked publicly by a group called The Knowns.

The group emailed the list of members' details, which include contact number, email address, NRIC number, date of birth, membership points and marital status to the media earlier this morning (Sept. 16, 2014).

And get this: In a Channel News Asia report, the group said that they leaked the information as a form of protest against the recent increase in toll fees at the Causeway.

The group claiming responsibility for the leak said that it was in response to "the recent increase in toll at Woodlands", saying that it was "an unnecessary financial burden on working Malaysians".

"To show our displeasure, we are releasing the database of Kbox containing more than 300k personal details of its membership. We had done it before and will do it again."

From Oct. 1, 2014, toll charges on this side of the Causeway will be raised to match the ones set by Malaysia. The toll for cars leaving Singapore will be $3.80, more than triple the current $1.20. A new toll of $2.70 will be imposed on cars entering Singapore.

Now,  the million dollar question: Why target a karaoke operator for the increase in toll fees?

Yesterday, M1 halted orders of the new iPhone because of a potential security breach.

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