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New Straits Times
an hour ago
- New Straits Times
NST Leader: 'Scamdemic' - How to stop it from happening
IN just six months this year, Malaysia lost RM1.12 billion to online scams. The State of Scam Report 2024 pointed to a humongous RM53.34 billion loss in 2023 alone, based on a survey. The rise in scams year after year is troubling. Worried about the scale of the rise in online scams, the government is adopting a number of measures, such as passing laws aimed specifically at tackling cybercrime and strengthening the National Scam Response Centre (NSRC). But, however laudable such initiatives are, they are mostly directed at curbing scams after they happen. The best way to crack online scams is to stop them from happening. Not easy to do, but not impossible either. Not easy because it needs cross-border coordination. Not impossible because it has been done, though rarely. The best place to start is the fabled Golden Triangle — Myanmar, Laos and Thailand — and a bit more into Cambodia, where, as Time magazine put it in March last year, a reboot is happening from poppies to pig-butchering, a term used to describe the fattening of a hog for slaughter. Initially, it was a heroin manufacturing hub for sale as far as New York. But a combined onslaught by China and the United States' war on drugs, the magazine argues, has forced the region to reboot to become a global cybercrime centre. The Myanmar military coup in February 2021 has made the situation worse. The fabled triangle has become more fabled by being "the world's cybercrime hotspot", where armies of trafficked scammers in some thousand scam prisons "orchestrate romance-investment cons, crypto fraud, money laundering, and illegal gambling operations", as Time put it. It is a "scamdemic", says the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime. Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Thailand are no strangers to Malaysia. They are all members of Asean. So in theory at least, coordination should not be that difficult. But Asean is known as a place where theory and practice diverge. To Malaysia's credit, it has done a far more difficult thing by making peace possible between Thailand and Cambodia as the chair of Asean. A good place for the fight against online cybercrime in the Golden Triangle to begin is in October when top leaders of Asean, China, the US and elsewhere gather in Kuala Lumpur for its summit. Coordinated action isn't new, but is occasional and not persistent. According to Vietnamnetglobal, a news portal, an example of a joint raid happened on June 17 between Laos and Vietnam police on a high-tech scam network based deep within the Golden Triangle Special Economic Zone (GTSEZ), leading to the detention of 74 suspects, including the ring leader. The year before, Laos, in a raid on the GTSEZ in cooperation with China, deported 1,389 suspects to Beijing. More of this must happen often if we want to stop online scams from starting.
New York Post
a day ago
- Politics
- New York Post
Zohran Mamdani reveals morbid habit he picked up since his rise to fame in NYC mayoral race — and it's drawing comparisons to his hero Bill de Blasio
Things are looking grave. Democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani said he's taken up strolling through cemeteries in light of his newfound fame — a morbid habit pioneered by his mayoral hero Bill de Blasio. Mamdani, in a Time Magazine profile released this week, griped about the loss of privacy he's had to contend with since his stunning Democratic mayoral primary win in June. Advertisement 'I already miss being outside,' he told Time. 'I now go to cemeteries a lot between meetings. because they are parks without people.' 3 Zohran Mamdani reportedly has started walking in graveyards to find some privacy. James Keivom Advertisement Mamdani's traipsing through graveyards quickly drew mockery from his opponents for its similarity to the rambling walks favored by de Blasio, who galumphed through cemeteries, heckler-filled Prospect Park and the South Street Seaport. Former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who is running for mayor as an independent, and Republican nominee Curtis Sliwa have recently started labeling Mamdani as 'de Blasio 2.0.' 'NYC doesn't need another Mayor who wanders graveyards to avoid people. Just bizarre,' Sliwa posted on X. Cuomo's longtime spokesman Rich Azzopardi likewise leapt on the comparison, posting side-by-side screenshots of Mamdani's quote to Time and a 2020 New York Post story about de Blasio's solo treks in Green-Wood Cemetery. Advertisement 'Well this is weird,' Azzopardi deadpanned on X. 3 Curtis Sliwa unfavorably compared Mamdani's cemetery strolls to de Blasio's own graveyard walks. 3 Bill de Blasio often strolled through cemeteries, parks and South Street Seaport while serving as mayor. Gabriella Bass Mamdani praised de Blasio — who served from 2014 to 2021 — to the New York Times as 'the best mayor of my lifetime' for delivering universal pre-K, ending stop-and-frisk and taxing the rich. Advertisement But he also noted he criticized de Blasio during his mayoralty and embarked on a 15-day hunger strike for taxi cab drivers' debt relief. Still, like de Blasio, Mamdani hasn't been afraid to hoof it across the Big Apple. While Cuomo was illegally parking his Dodge Charger — including in left-turn lanes — outside campaign events during the primary, Mamdani walked the 13.4-mile length of Manhattan, capturing the journey on video to share with his social media followers.
Rhyl Journal
2 days ago
- Science
- Rhyl Journal
Scot, 12, named on Time's first Girls of the Year list after homelessness design
Rebecca Young, from Glasgow, was aged just 11 when she came up with the idea after becoming concerned about people sleeping on the streets during a freezing Scottish winter. Now 12, she has been named alongside nine other girls from around the world all recognised as being young leaders inspiring communities, as part of a list aimed at celebrating and empowering girls. The Kelvinside Academy pupil described it as 'cool and very unexpected' to be among those named, adding: 'I'm honoured by the fact they wanted to include me on their Girls of the Year list and hope other kids see it and decide to do their part in helping people.' Rebecca, who had already won a UK engineering award earlier this year for her design, said she is interested in art, innovation and music, and one day hopes to pursue a career in the latter which she said 'can also help lots of people in many different ways'. Rebecca's design has resulted in 30 of the blankets being manufactured and distributed to a homeless shelter in Glasgow, with plans to make more. She and eight of the other girls are featured as part of a limited-edition animated Time cover – reimagined as Lego minifigures, with each character aimed at capturing the spirit of their achievements. The collaboration followed a recent study by the Lego group of more than 32,000 parents and children across 21 countries which found 70% of young women struggle to see themselves as someone who is good at building things. It also found that children were twice as likely to credit major inventions to men – with most believing that wifi (69%) and the Moon landing software (68%) were invented by men, even though they were pioneered by women. Time chief executive Jessica Sibley said the list features girls aged between 12 and 17 who are 'shaping their communities with courage and purpose'. Julia Goldin, Lego group chief product and marketing officer, said: 'When girls don't see it, they don't believe it – the world risks missing out on the next big breakthrough. 'There's no stopping what girls can build. 'Together with Time we hope these stories will inspire a future generation of unstoppable female builders to dream big and continue making their mark on the world.'
Glasgow Times
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Glasgow Times
Scot, 12, named on Time's first Girls of the Year list after homelessness design
Rebecca Young, from Glasgow, was aged just 11 when she came up with the idea after becoming concerned about people sleeping on the streets during a freezing Scottish winter. Now 12, she has been named alongside nine other girls from around the world all recognised as being young leaders inspiring communities, as part of a list aimed at celebrating and empowering girls. The Kelvinside Academy pupil described it as 'cool and very unexpected' to be among those named, adding: 'I'm honoured by the fact they wanted to include me on their Girls of the Year list and hope other kids see it and decide to do their part in helping people.' Rebecca, who had already won a UK engineering award earlier this year for her design, said she is interested in art, innovation and music, and one day hopes to pursue a career in the latter which she said 'can also help lots of people in many different ways'. Rebecca's design has resulted in 30 of the blankets being manufactured and distributed to a homeless shelter in Glasgow, with plans to make more. She and eight of the other girls are featured as part of a limited-edition animated Time cover – reimagined as Lego minifigures, with each character aimed at capturing the spirit of their achievements. The collaboration followed a recent study by the Lego group of more than 32,000 parents and children across 21 countries which found 70% of young women struggle to see themselves as someone who is good at building things. Rebecca Young is one of the Time Girls of the Year (Time/Lego Group/PA) It also found that children were twice as likely to credit major inventions to men – with most believing that wifi (69%) and the Moon landing software (68%) were invented by men, even though they were pioneered by women. Time chief executive Jessica Sibley said the list features girls aged between 12 and 17 who are 'shaping their communities with courage and purpose'. Julia Goldin, Lego group chief product and marketing officer, said: 'When girls don't see it, they don't believe it – the world risks missing out on the next big breakthrough. 'There's no stopping what girls can build. 'Together with Time we hope these stories will inspire a future generation of unstoppable female builders to dream big and continue making their mark on the world.'
South Wales Guardian
2 days ago
- Science
- South Wales Guardian
Scot, 12, named on Time's first Girls of the Year list after homelessness design
Rebecca Young, from Glasgow, was aged just 11 when she came up with the idea after becoming concerned about people sleeping on the streets during a freezing Scottish winter. Now 12, she has been named alongside nine other girls from around the world all recognised as being young leaders inspiring communities, as part of a list aimed at celebrating and empowering girls. The Kelvinside Academy pupil described it as 'cool and very unexpected' to be among those named, adding: 'I'm honoured by the fact they wanted to include me on their Girls of the Year list and hope other kids see it and decide to do their part in helping people.' Rebecca, who had already won a UK engineering award earlier this year for her design, said she is interested in art, innovation and music, and one day hopes to pursue a career in the latter which she said 'can also help lots of people in many different ways'. Rebecca's design has resulted in 30 of the blankets being manufactured and distributed to a homeless shelter in Glasgow, with plans to make more. She and eight of the other girls are featured as part of a limited-edition animated Time cover – reimagined as Lego minifigures, with each character aimed at capturing the spirit of their achievements. The collaboration followed a recent study by the Lego group of more than 32,000 parents and children across 21 countries which found 70% of young women struggle to see themselves as someone who is good at building things. It also found that children were twice as likely to credit major inventions to men – with most believing that wifi (69%) and the Moon landing software (68%) were invented by men, even though they were pioneered by women. Time chief executive Jessica Sibley said the list features girls aged between 12 and 17 who are 'shaping their communities with courage and purpose'. Julia Goldin, Lego group chief product and marketing officer, said: 'When girls don't see it, they don't believe it – the world risks missing out on the next big breakthrough. 'There's no stopping what girls can build. 'Together with Time we hope these stories will inspire a future generation of unstoppable female builders to dream big and continue making their mark on the world.'
