Hacking costs Malaysia MYR 3.3 mln
Telecompaper (19 nov 2012)

The Malaysian police have estimated losses from electronic hacking at MYR 3.3 million. The police recorded 24 cases between January and September this year, Bernama writes citing Bukit Aman commercial CID director Syed Ismail Syed Azizan. He urged government officers to take care that their documents were secure as they are subject to the Official Secrets Act. Earlier, Bernama reported CyberSecurity Malaysia business development chief Mohd Anwer Mohamed Yusoff as saying that the country recorded about MYR 2.75 billion in losses in the last five years, from cybercrimes in the financial sector.