500 Fake Government Sites Taken Down as Scam Epidemic Hits $4 Billion

Over 500 fake websites impersonating the Ministry of Home Affairs and seven Home Team agencies — including the Singapore Police Force and Central Narcotics Bureau — were detected and wiped out in a single weekend sweep. The Home Team Science and Technology Agency flagged the cloned sites on Aug 10, and by Aug 11 every one had been taken down. MHA says no evidence yet that the fakes were used to phish data or breach government systems, but the sheer scale underscores a...