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Company director loses RM6.2mil over suspected business email hacking

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JOHOR BAHRU: A company director in this district lost RM6.2million believed due to business email hacking last year.

Johor police chief Datuk Kamarul Zaman Mamat said on Aug 9, police received a report on the case involving a 54-year-old company director.

"From investigation, it was found that in Feb last year, the complainant’s company made a machine purchase from abroad costing about RM6,216,840 and had made payment to the account provided. Kamarul Zaman said the complainant had checked the received e-mail and found that there was a difference in the sender's e-mail address and suspected that his company's e-mail had been hacked."The case is investigated under Section 420 of the Penal Code and if found guilty can be sentenced to up to 10 years in prison and can be whipped and fined.

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