Teen cybercrime cases on the rise


GEORGE TOWN: Greed and social media have been blamed for the high number of reported cybercrime cases among teenagers, says the Penang Crime Consciousness and Public Safety Society.

Its chairman Datuk Mohamad Anil Shah Abdullah said there had been an uptrend in secondary school students involved in cybercrimes.

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