The Cyber Incident Response Centre (Cyber999), which is under the purview of CyberSecurity Malaysia, revealed that it recorded a total of 5,181 cybersecurity incidents so far this year. Specifically, the number is recorded from January to October 2024.
Bernama quoted CyberSecurity Malaysia chief technology officer Wan Roshaimi Wan Abdullah as saying that the highest number of incidents recorded were online fraud, with 3,483 cases. This was followed by content-related issues with 480 cases, and malicious code with 403 cases.
He added that the cases involve online users, and this threat has a significant impact on the country, with losses amounting to millions of ringgit. Meanwhile, according to police statistics, 6,619 commercial crime cases were recorded in Perak between January and July 2024, resulting in losses exceeding RM68.5 million.
Online fraud continues to be a major issue in the state, with a total of 1,407 cases of online fraud reported in Perak. The losses due to these cases amounted to over RM55.3 million.
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