Local cybersecurity experts offered recommendations for how companies can secure their remote hiring processes against rising foreign threats.
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The police, in a statement on Aug 23, said they received a report earlier in the month about a conman – impersonating a government official – who instructed the victim to transfer nearly S$38,000 into a local bank account. He was arrested on Aug 22 in Hougang, and the police seized more than 40 mobile phones, a cash counting machine, and more than 60 SIM cards.
They, too, were believed to have helped the syndicate by acquiring mobile phones and SIM cards. Five mobile phones, four SIM cards and about $30,000 in cash were seized from them.The latest scam and cybercrime figures from the police found that the number of such cases in the first half of 2024 rose by 16.3 per cent to a record high of 26,587, from 22,853 during the same period in 2023.
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