Do more to protect our data, NGOs urge companies


PETALING JAYA: Scammers usually obtain personal data from a source of some sort, so companies need to invest more on cybersecurity, says the Federation of Malaysian Consumers Associations (Fomca).

“We receive a lot of complaints from consumers and when we connect the dots, we can see that these scammers had obtained their data from a source,” said its chief executive officer Dr Saravanan Thambirajah.

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