ASEAN urged to use AI against cybercrime
New technologies such as the use of artificial intelligence (AI) are needed to fight online financial crimes and ransomware attacks plaguing ASEAN, says Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail.
The Home Affairs Minister of Malaysia said the use of such new technologies will help enforcement authorities in the region work together to detect, prevent and tackle new emerging crimes in the region.
“The rise of cybercrimes, from financial scams to ransomware attacks, shows that this is not just a future problem. It is a pressing issue right now.
“Our digital intelligence must evolve as fast as technologies do, which means we must responsibly adopt new technologies such as the use of AI to significantly improve detection, prevention and enforcement against these crimes,” he said in his speech at the opening 25th Asean Senior Officials Meeting on Transnational Crime (SOMTC) here yesterday.
