KUALA LUMPUR: Cyber crimes have drastically increased over the last two years, with more than 3,500 incidents reported in the first quarter of this year, almost the same figure for the entire 2009.
CyberSecurity Malaysia chief operating officer Zahri Yunos said some 8,000 cases were reported for last year and attributed the increase to higher Internet usage and broadband penetration, which currently stood at 55%.
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