A recent study by a global TrustTech company paints a rather distressing picture of personal data breaches in our country as get this, Malaysia ranks first in the number of phone numbers breached! According to the Gogolook 2022 Annual Fraud Report, over 73% of cell phone numbers in our country or personal information of approximately […]
were leaked or sold to scammers last yearThe Gogolook study, made in collaboration with international digital risk protection service provider Constella Intelligence, looked into private information leakage and upstream operation in the scam industry chains across Thailand, Taiwan, Korea, Japan and Malaysia.
The study further revealed that these leaked data may lead to stolen online banking or social network accounts as scammers can easily initiate phone and message attacks when they get access to names, phone numbers, and even payment and shopping records. Hence, the public is advised to be aware of the current modus operandi of scammers from time to time. The latest emerging scam type in Malaysia is enquiring users to receive OTP authentication codes, which may be tough to differentiate., an anti-fraud application powered by Gogolook identified over 405.4 million scam calls and messages in 2022.
Recently, the Royal Malaysia Police collaborated with Whoscall to enhance the fraud number database, essentially making it the most updated and reliable caller ID application for Malaysians.
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