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'Personal data law needs to be tightened'

PETALING JAYA: There is a need for a revision of legislation covering personal data if security breaches are to be avoided, or at the very least minim...

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Concern over hackers, data leakage on internet

Concern over hackers, data leakage on internet
03 Feb 2021 / 10:38 H.
PETALING JAYA: The government, businesses and individuals have been advised to play their respective roles in ensuring security for their online presence.
Cyber-security testing firm LGMS Group chief executive officer Fong Choong-Fook told
theSun that legislation such as the Data Protection Act 2010 has failed to ensure a high level of security in cyberspace.
For instance, he noted that insurance agents continue to have access to phone numbers of internet users they can call to market their products. He attributed this to poor enforcement of the law.
Fong was commenting on a report that a group of hacker activists, who call themselves Anonymous Malaysia, have resurfaced with a new threat to attack government websites and online assets.

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False truth

False truth
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PETALING JAYA: Malaysians should be wary of websites that use questionable methodology which paints the country as highly crime-prone.
Cybersecurity expert Assoc Prof Dr Selvakumar Manickam from Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) said the crime rate in the country has always been low in general.
Malaysia was placed fourth as a country with the highest crime rate for the mid-year crime index of 42 Asian countries on a website.
The top three countries above Malaysia are Afghanistan, Syria and Bangladesh and below are Mongolia, Kazakhstan and Maldives.
Even Indonesia, the Philippines and Thailand fared better than Malaysia, according to the list and were placed at 13, 18 and 21 respectively.

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Online deception

Online deception
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PETALING JAYA: In the dark underbelly of cyberspace, liars and cheats lurk. They have been responsible for more than RM769 million in losses suffered by unwary surfers in Malaysia from 2017 to 2019, but the worst is yet to come.
The Covid-19 pandemic has made the internet fertile ground for them to spread like wildfire.
Most of us are now forced onto digital platforms to perform various tasks, such as work or to make purchases, so the risk rises significantly.
It is usually at times of crisis when opportunistic and professional scammers rear their ugly heads, according to criminologist Dr Mohammad Rahim Kamaluddin.

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