Cybercriminals increasingly attacking users of VOD services

Pandemic restrictions have contributed to a sharp increase in interest in online video platforms. Cybercriminals decided to take advantage of this situation, increasing the frequency of phishing attacks and the number of online scams targeting the recipients of VoD platforms. Hacker activity during the pandemic increased by up to 646 percent. Fake websites resembling popular platforms have appeared on the web, and scammers send e-mails to extort confidential data from users of movie websites.