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Deputy Prime Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi has urged Malaysia to strengthen its legal defences against cybercrime, citing alarming statistics on fraud cases and financial losses affecting ordinary citizens and businesses.
Malaysia's legislative framework against cybercrime is being overhauled as the Cybercrimes Bill 2026 undergoes its first parliamentary reading, replacing nearly three-decade-old legislation with modernised offence definitions and enforcement powers.
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Malaysia's government has introduced sweeping cybercrime legislation to replace a nearly three-decade-old law, addressing modern threats including AI misuse, ransomware, and non-consensual intimate imagery.
A German court has sentenced a man to three years in jail for publishing online 'death sentences' naming prominent politicians including former chancellor Angela Merkel and current Chancellor Olaf Scholz.
Cybercrime has emerged as a major threat across Asia, accounting for roughly a third of all recorded crimes in several nations, with online scams causing tens of billions in annual losses, according to a fresh Interpol assessment.
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Kelantan's regent Tengku Muhammad Fakhry Petra received Foreign Minister Fahmi Hadi in Kota Bharu to discuss the proliferation of fraudulent social media accounts and other pressing matters affecting the state and nation.
Online scams cost Malaysians RM2.97 billion in 2025, nearly double the previous year's RM1.57 billion. Investment fraud accounted for almost half the losses as cybercriminals refine tactics.