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Hardening our defence against security threats online


PETALING JAYA: There needs to be greater expertise and awareness of cybersecurity threats to keep online fraud at bay, say criminologists and security experts.

While welcoming the efforts of the National Scam Response Centre (NSRC), criminologist Datuk Seri Akhbar Satar said it must have enough resources to counter increasingly sophisticated scams and online fraud.

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