NST Leader: Of digital devils and deep fakes

Technology, like fire, can be a darling or a demon. Bad guys know this and are exploiting the duping duality of technology to the hilt. The advent of artificial intelligence (AI) and the invention of cryptocurrencies have put cybercrimes on steroids. The former helps dress up fiends as friends, while the latter makes it difficult to trace the cybercrooks behind the digital crimes, all aimed at defrauding individuals and companies.

© New Straits Times Press (M) Bhd