Cyber criminals use coronavirus to loot gullible citizens

Hyderabad | Monday | 30th March, 2020

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Pinto Deepak ByExpress News ServiceHYDERABAD: The Coronavirus pandemic has unleashed a new wave of cyber crime. Criminals have come up with a new modus operandi under the nomenclature of ‘Charity for Corona’ to loot people who are already distressed by the lockdown. The Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has warned states against cyber fraudsters circulating a malware link about a so-called Coronavirus app like Spymax, Coronalive 1.1, which when opened may loot data from your devices. Further, cyber criminals are taking advantage of the situation under the guise of charity. "Further, people can also report such incidents to the local police or raise complaints at the Home Ministry’s dedicated portal for cyber crime which is www.cybercrime.gov.in,” they said..