‘Need for global action to counter cyber threat spike’


KUALA LUMPUR: A 78% spike in ransomware attacks in Malaysia in the final quarter of 2024 has raised concerns over the urgent need for coordinated global action to counter increasingly sophisticated and borderless cyber threats, says Digital Minister Gobind Singh Deo (pic).

“Ransomware attacks, data breaches and cyber-enabled frauds are escalating in frequency and complexity,” he said at the opening of the inaugural Cyber Games 2025 here yesterday.

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