In Focus Consumer Credit
Is the government fit for the fight?
As cybercriminals begin to take advantage of the Covid-19 crisis, governments are preparing to respond
Syed Rahman Legal director, Rahman Ravelli
The government has indicated that it is coming out fighting when it comes to tackling those who see Covid-19 as an opportunity for cybercrime. Both the UK and the US have warned of malicious cyber activity by other states against organisations involved in the coronavirus response. Foreign secretary Dominic Raab used a
government briefing to make it clear that the UK was dealing with the problem, stating: “There will always be some who seek to exploit a crisis for their own criminal and hostile ends. We know that cyber criminals, and other malicious groups are targeting individuals, businesses, and other
Josie Welland Associate solicitor, Rahman Ravelli
organisations by deploying COVID-19- related scams and phishing e-mails.’’ He went on to announce that the UK’s
National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) and the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency were publishing a joint warning about such groups. The warning comes less than a month
after the organisations issued a joint statement highlighting how malicious cyber actors were exploiting the current COVID-19 pandemic for their own objectives. NCSC said it had detected more UK government-branded scams relating to
There will always be some who seek to exploit a crisis for their own criminal and hostile ends
COVID-19 than any other subject. Cyber criminals, it stated, were targeting individuals, SMEs, and also large organisations with a variety of COVID-19-related scams and phishing e-mails.
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June 2020
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