KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 8 — The Royal Malaysia Police announced today it has crippled a transnational cybercrime syndicate that specialised in offering phishing as-a-service operations...
Ahead of Federal Court case, Perikatan seeks to rally Muslim support against legal bid challenging Kelantan’s Shariah criminal codeInspector-General of Police Tan Sri Razarudin Husain said vital information provided by the Australia Federal Police and the FBI had led to the arrests of eight people linked to the syndicate last November 6.
“From our investigations, not only the syndicate has compromised websites those of financial and education institutions; and official government sites in Australia, but they are also involved with the selling of stolen credentials ,” he told a press conference here.By definition, phishing is an act of sending emails or other messages purporting to be from reputable companies in order to induce individuals to reveal personal information, such as passwords and credit card numbers.
As for the suspects arrested, Razarudin said all were local men except a foreign woman of Thai nationality with arrests made in KL, Selangor, Sabah and Perak.
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