Computer crimes

Chinese national in South Korea gets 20 years for hacking accounts of BTS’ Jungkook, others

The Seoul Central District Court found the Chinese national guilty of fraud and violations of the Information and Communications Network Act.

Alleged Russian cyber spy in Boston case previously worked for Kaspersky, source says and documents show

Evidence related to a Russian man, Denis Obrezko, lies on a bed in Phuket, Thailand, November 12, 2025. U.S. prosecutors say Denis Obrezko previously worked for Russia's FSB intelligence agency. Thailand's Cyber Crime Investigation Bureau/Handout via REUTERS

New police Cyber Command to target scammers, cybercriminals, before they reach victims in S’pore

SAC Justin Wong, Commander Cyber Command and CP How Kwang Hwee, Commissioner of Police, unveiling a plaque at Cyber Command Inauguration Ceremony, at the Police Cantonment Complex on July 3.

France, Netherlands dismantle VPN linked to cybercrime

First VPN rerouted connections via a third party to avoid identification, and was promoted on Russian-speaking cybercrime forums.

North Korean hackers suspected of $382m crypto heist

Digital currency news site CoinDesk said the heist on the vault of online investment tool KelpDAO on April 18 was 2026’s biggest crypto exploit so far.

US ‘strike force’ to combat scam centres in South-east Asia

This handout photo shows some of the suspects rounded up during a raid on an online scam operation in Phnom Penh in October.

Satellite images show Myanmar scam hub largely standing despite crackdown

Jail for hackers tasked to probe ‘sites of interest’; laptops had info linked to foreign governments

Electronic devices and cash seized from simultaneous raids at multiple locations on Sept 9 which led to the arrests of the six men.

Non-consensual sexual content, promotion of risky actions among severe online harms in Singapore

Funded by MDDI, the study examined how Singaporeans perceive the severity of a wide range of harms, and what they make of existing laws, platform policies and public education efforts.

New feature rolled out to keep Google users worldwide safe from ransomware attacks

Users will receive a notification that ransomware has been detected in their Google Drive.

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