Criminals use pandemic and impersonate banking institutions
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The threat from hackers is growing. Cyber criminals are taking advantage of the current pandemic situation to extort sensitive data or funds accumulated on bank accounts from Internet users. Hackers pretend to be representatives of the institution, forge e-mails, and set up familiar-sounding domains for online fraud to encourage network users to download unsafe attachments and visit crafted websites.
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