Myanmar has rapidly become the global epicentre of a burgeoning cyberfraud industry, a crisis deeply interwoven with the dynamics of the post-coup conflict that has overtaken the country since 2021. This industry now poses an unprecedented global cybersecurity threat. And it isn’t just a cyber or economic problem, but a humanitarian catastrophe, reliant on human trafficking and forced labour to enable malicious scamming. This shows how conflict and transnational crime syndicates intersect to build an empire of fraud. A new ASPI report, Scamland Myanmar, reveals the explosive growth of dedicated scam compounds along the Thailand-Myanmar border since 2021, increasing from 11 dedicated compounds to 30, and being constructed at an average of 13.5 acres (around 54,000 square metres) per month for the past four years.
Cyberfraud epicentre: Myanmar scam centres are a global cyber and humanitarian threat (Nathan Ruser – ASPI The Strategist)
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