Sun Xueling on WhatsApp Web phishing scam
Singapore police have been working with tech giant Meta to address a recent phishing scam involving fake WhatsApp Web websites, to stop compromised accounts from being further abused as soon as they are detected. The police are also working with online platforms including Google to introduce stronger safeguards to mitigate the risks of online messaging accounts being taken over by scammers, such as by pre-emptively detecting and blocking URLs linked to phishing websites. Minister of State for Home Affairs Sun Xueling said this in Parliament on Wednesday (Jan 10) in answer to an MP's question. However, she added that platforms have “responded with varying degrees of urgency”. Ms Sun said the Online Criminal Harms Act, which comes into force in the first quarter of 2024, will give the Government more levers such as issuing directions against scams and requiring designated providers to detect and minimise malicious cyber activities.
Singapore police have been working with tech giant Meta to address a recent phishing scam involving fake WhatsApp Web websites, to stop compromised accounts from being further abused as soon as they are detected. The police are also working with online platforms including Google to introduce stronger safeguards to mitigate the risks of online messaging accounts being taken over by scammers, such as by pre-emptively detecting and blocking URLs linked to phishing websites. Minister of State for Home Affairs Sun Xueling said this in Parliament on Wednesday (Jan 10) in answer to an MP's question. However, she added that platforms have “responded with varying degrees of urgency”. Ms Sun said the Online Criminal Harms Act, which comes into force in the first quarter of 2024, will give the Government more levers such as issuing directions against scams and requiring designated providers to detect and minimise malicious cyber activities.
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