UK's NCSC says it took down 700K+ malicious campaigns in 2020, 15x more than it did in 2019, as scams increased during the pandemic (Thomas Seal/Bloomberg)

Thomas Seal / Bloomberg:
UK's NCSC says it took down 700K+ malicious campaigns in 2020, 15x more than it did in 2019, as scams increased during the pandemic  —  - Attackers imitated government agencies to exploit pandemic  — Fake celebrity endorsements underpinned other popular schemes

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