Malaysia: recorded cyberattacks 2022

In 2022, there were more than 28 thousand of recorded cyberattacks in Malaysia, a slight decrease from around 33 thousand attacks in 2021. The number of cyberattacks in the country has been increasing in the last four years.

Total number of recorded cyberattacks in Malaysia from 2016 to 2022 (in 1,000s)

Characteristic	Number of attacks in thousand
2022	28.42
2021	33.32
2020	20.81
2019	11.15
2018	8.31
2017	13.64
2016	11.01

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March 2023

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Malaysia

Survey time period

2016 to 2022

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All values are modeled estimates.

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