'Alarming' rate of cyberattacks aimed at major corporations, governments and critical infrastructure amid COVID-19: Report

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A new report released says malicious actors have switched focus from 'individuals and small businesses to government agencies and the healthcare sector, where higher financial demands can be made.'

Catch up on the developing stories making headlines.As COVID-19 cases around the United States continue to rise, the International Criminal Police Organization , says that governments are seeing an"alarming" rate of cyberattacks aimed at major corporations, governments and critical infrastructure.

“With organizations and businesses rapidly deploying remote systems and networks to support staff working from home, criminals are also taking advantage of increased security vulnerabilities to steal data, generate profits and cause disruption,” the organization's news release says.

The agency says some of the top COVID-19 spear phishing tactics include scammers using emails immitating national or global health experts, government orders and financial support initiatives, payment requests, vaccine offers, COVID-19 tracking apps, stock tips and COVID-19 charity donations. Interpol says that 36% of the cyberthreats come from malware and ransomware, which is defined by the technology group Forcepoint as software that"typically consists of code developed by cyber-attackers, designed to cause extensive damage to data and systems or to gain unauthorized access to a network."

 

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Opted out of My Health! 😊 The Government always puts the cart before the horse.

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You cannot control the beast that the internet has become. Life will change for many and they will never even know who destroyed them. The major tech companies should have to reimburse every company for this. They created, they should be responsible.

Good maybe they'll stop calling me endlessly.

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Find the location and start doing drone strikes. Most of these attacks are from foreign soil.

Was there a financial demand from these cyber attacks? Or were they trying to discover wrong doing?

Shame on them all. 😔

Thank you for reporting on this. Hospitals have been getting hit for years by these people.

Avoid digital components made in China!!! there could be chips imbedded that could make our cyber activities riddled with booby traps!!!

Makes sense. PHI has a lot of information —too much if you ask me.

There are several cybersecurity bills sitting on Mitch McConnell's desk, he refuses to bring them up for vote in the Senate out of fear they may pass. It begs the question exactly who is donating to his campaign

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I guess a lot is coming from China

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