Computer Crime Cases In Malaysia
Remember that in the event of a cyber crime victims can lodge a report with cybersecurity malaysia.
Computer crime cases in malaysia. Rapid development of information technology it has brought with it many new applications and opportunities. Crime index ratio per 100 000 population for malaysia in 2017 improved to 309 7 as against 2016 355 2. According to sophos security threat report 2013 malaysia is the sixth most vulnerable to cyber crime.
Listed among the 10 riskiest countries malaysia is also reported to be highly exposed to android pc and devices malware attacks. 1 june 2000 p u. Long before the 1mdb scandal hit the country there was the bumiputra malaysia finance bmf case in the 1980s which also involved the malaysian people s money.
The crime rate in malaysia showed a decline of 11 9 in 2018 compared to the previous year. Sex trafficking in malaysia is a significant problem. Malaysia is worse than mexico in cyber crime.
B 175 2000 be it enacted by the seri paduka baginda yang di pertuan agong with the advice and consent of the dewan negara and dewan rakyat in parliament assembled and by the authority of. It s a pretty long and complicated story that you can read fully here. Number of cyber threat incidents reported to cybersecurity malaysia 2018 by type published by statista research department aug 27 2019 in 2018 the greatest number of cyber threat incidents which.
However the public perception of crime did not improve. Crime index ratio per 100 000 population. The gist of it is that bank bumiputra malaysia berhad bbmb the parent company of hong kong based bmf lost 2 5 billion local currency was still known as.
Crime in malaysia manifests in various forms including murder drive by killing drug trafficking money laundering fraud black marketeering and many others. Crime statistics malaysia 2018 is the first publication of the department which presents statistics on five crime areas namely crimes index drugs corruptions environments and other crimes. In the past few years many activities in the.
The most heinous crime that can ever be committed murder cases have the power to grip the public s imagination. Computer crimes 5 laws of malaysia act 563 computer crimes act 1997 an act to provide for offences relating to the misuse of computers. Communications and multimedia deputy minister datuk zahidi zainul abidin said 5 697 incidents of cyber fraud was reported to cybersecurity malaysia for the period january to august compared to 4 671 incidents for the same period last year an increase of 22 per cent.