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PUTRAJAYA: The higher usage of digital technology during the Covid-19 pandemic has caused a rise in cybercrimes and heightened security issues in Malaysia, says Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin.
Speaking at the virtual launch of the Cyber Defence and Security and Exhibition Conference 2021 (CYDES 2021), the Prime Minister said the worrying increase has become a problem that warrants the country s serious attention. Due to the Covid-19 pandemic today, we are living in a vastly different world. Our lifestyles have changed and thus, embracing digital technology has become a new norm. Now, more Malaysians are getting themselves involved in e-commerce. Our students have become more exposed to online classrooms while the economic and government sectors are relentlessly enhancing efficiency through digitalisation.
28 Jun 2021 / 11:26 H.
KUALA LUMPUR: Cyber security should become the priority of every nation, especially on matters underlying economic and national security, said Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin
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The Prime Minister said it as such, it has become one of the government’s main focus areas to complement efforts in accelerating the economic growth of this country.
“It has become an issue which seen no country can solve it alone as that cyber threats know no borders and become more sophisticated and complicated than ever.
“We cannot escape anymore from emphasising the elements of cyber security in each and every initiative,” he said when launching the Cyber Defence & Security Exhibition and Conference 2021 (CYDES 2021) virtually this morning.