According to the first Singapore Cybersecurity Health Report released last month by the Cyber Security Agency of Singapore (CSA), more than 80 percent of the 2,036 organizations surveyed in 2023 faced a cybersecurity incident that year. Of these, 99 percent said that they suffered negative effects on their operations such as business disruptions, data loss, … Read more
The rise of cyber-scam syndicates in Southeast Asia constitutes a global crisis. TheStarsHub and The New York Times recently ran exposés on these operations, which extract billions of dollars from victims across the world, often through cryptocurrency. One type of cyber-scam, the “pig butchering scam” – shazhupan in Mandarin Chinese – involves the grooming of … Read more
Advertisement Zhang Hongliang, a former restaurant manager in central China, took various gigs in and outside China to support his family after losing his job during the COVID-19 pandemic. In March, a job offer to teach Chinese cooking at a restaurant led him into a cyber scam compound in Myanmar, where he was instead ordered … Read more
Advertisement A group of 109 Chinese nationals allegedly involved in a telecom fraud operation in northern Myanmar were handed over to Chinese police on Saturday, Chinese state media reported, the latest in a series of publicized deportations of criminals from the Southeast Asian nations bordering southern China. According to China Daily, the suspects were deported … Read more
ASEAN Beat | Society | Southeast Asia The workers, who came from 18 different countries, were allegedly duped into working for fraudulent online gaming sites and other cybercrime groups. Advertisement Philippine police backed by commandos staged a massive raid on Tuesday and said they rescued more than 2,700 workers from China, the Philippines, Vietnam, Indonesia, and more than a … Read more