Fraudsters preying on coronavirus fear will be blocked: ministry

Amid all the other woes brought on by the coronavirus pandemic, there is also the problem of fraudsters trying to profit from people’s fear. Thanks to the agreement of the digitization ministry with telecom service providers, fraudsters preying on coronavirus, phishing or data will be blocked and their sites placed on the list of warnings, the ministry has stated.

In some cases, fraudsters will be prosecuted.

The ministry stressed that the purpose of the cooperation agreement concluded with the Office of Electronic Communication (UKE), NASK (a Polish research and development organization and data networks operator) and the largest telecommunications operators is to protect citizens against phishing or data fraud under the guise of fighting the coronavirus epidemic.

(PAP)