News & Reviews:   theft

Malaysia has reported losses totalling RM4.57 billion from illegal electricity use connected to bitcoin mining between 2020 and August 2025, according to Deputy Prime Minister and Energy Transition Minister Datuk Seri Fadillah Yusof. Tenaga Nasional Berhad (TNB) uncovered 13827 premises engaged in electricity theft for cryptocurrency mining over the past five years, highlighting both economic and safety concerns.

Malaysia recorded cybercrime losses exceeding RM1.22 billion between January and October 2024, according to Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Datuk Seri Mohd Khalid Ismail. The staggering figure highlights the growing scale and sophistication of online threats — from financial scams and identity theft to data breaches and digital deception.

Another day in Malaysia and another Malaysian is scammed or cheated. Online scams alone have involved billions of ringgit lost or stolen and new AI tools are enabling scammers as well. Once lost or stolen, recovering said assets can be near impossible (unless you’re really lucky). So, it is better to not get scammed in the first place by being aware of all the possible scams that exist here in Malaysia.

In our opinion, knowing is half the battle won so we’ve listed our top 3 common scams here in Malaysia. In addition, there are already many official online resources such as the Latest Trending Commercial Crimes ebook from PDRM, the Financial Consumer Alert list from Bank Negara Malaysia and more. Read on to avoid being scammed in Malaysia.

Based on an article by wired.com, it seems a security flaw in car immobilizers could allow hackers and car thieves to access the car and drive it away. This can be done by scanning the key fob using an RFID reader, copy the data and have it disable the in the cause it to access the victim's vehicles without needing the original key fob.

Based on a statement by bgr.com, it seems that a hip hop group called City Morgue recently released an update on their Instastory claiming that Grand Theft Auto 6 will be released somewhere around Summer of 2020. Furthermore, it seems that the game will most likely be released around the time Sony’s Playstation 5 or Microsoft’s new Xbox Project Scarlett will be available for consumers to purchase.