{
  "id": 15062085,
  "title": "Malaysia sees cybercrime surge as cases more than double in 2025",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/16/malaysia-sees-cybercrime-surge-as-cases-more-than-double-in-2025",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-16T23:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Peninsula Qatar",
    "slug": "the-peninsula-qatar",
    "url": "https://thepeninsulaqatar.com/article/17/10/2026/malaysia-sees-cybercrime-surge-as-cases-more-than-double-in-2025"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "<p>Kuala Lumpur: Official data released by the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM) showed a surge in cybercrime, with reported cases rising 109.9% 1,486 incidents in 2025, up from 708 cases in 2024.</p> <p>Losses from cybercrime cases surged to 238 million ringgit (about 58.28 million U.S. dollars) from 33 million ringgit, the Department of Statistics Malaysia said in a statement.</p>",
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  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}