This Seems Like A Sensible And Timely Warning!

This appeared last week. Email, SMS vaccine scams on the way: cyber experts Tom Burton Government editor Feb 16, 2021 – 4.34pm Cyber experts and authorities are warning of an inundation of vaccine scams, as Australia prepares to distribute COVID-19 vaccines from February 22. The roll-out of the vaccine in the US and Britain has inspired many vaccine-related scams, with a 300 per cent jump in vaccine-related websi te domains in the lead-up to the first jabs being distributed. More than 5000 new domains were registered, according to the CEO of cyber research firm, Security in Depth, Michael Connory. “We’ve been seeing in the US, but specifically in the UK, the large number – and it’s a huge number – of vaccine-related cyber attacks, primarily through phishing, with individuals and criminal organisations looking at obtaining credentials for individuals,” Mr Connory said. Cyber criminals have also set up fake British National Health Service websites that send emails asking for... This is the initial part of the post - read more by clicking on the title of the article. David.
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