Online anonymity helps perpetrators of cyber crime, online harms, says MCMC commissioner


  • Nation
  • Wednesday, 08 Nov 2023

PETALING JAYA: Malaysia has not been spared the scourge of online harms and cyber crimes, with losses in the billions of ringgit, says Derek Fernandez.

The Malaysian Communication and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) commissioner also said that non-financial losses due to these cyber crimes and online harms are significant and threaten the fabric of social cohesiveness, mental and physical health and the economic development of Malaysia.

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