S$42m grants to boost cyber security in Singapore

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'AMERICAN Blackout', a film that premiered on National Geographic last year, told a tale of a 10-day nationwide power outage in the United States caused by a cyber attack.

But this doesn't just occur in movies. Such seemingly apocalyptic threats, what we deemed as far-fetched concerns not too long ago, are now becoming increasingly imminent in today's interconnected world.

The increasing dependence on cyber technologies to ensure smooth and efficient operations of our daily activities has propelled cyber domains into the immediate radar of terrorist groups, criminal …