SINGAPORE: Online theft of financial information from individuals has become one of the fastest-growing non-violent crimes in the Asia-Pacific region, technology research house IDC said yesterday.
Financial identity theft known as phishing could deter people from engaging in electronic commerce and companies should take steps to protect customers if the online finance industry is to succeed, it said.
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