COVID-19 Cybersecurity Update The FBI has reported on the most common types of fraud during the pandemic. The Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) received nearly as many complaints in the first half of 2020 (about 320,000) as in the entirety of 2019 (about 400,000). Criminals continue to peddle counterfeit personal protective equipment (PPE) and fraudulent …
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The global coronavirus pandemic has spread rapidly, triggering a deluge of disinformation and misinformation. It is worth defining the two terms before progressing because they are often confused and conflated. Disinformation refers to content that is intentionally false and designed to cause harm. Misinformation is inaccurate or misleading content shared by someone that believes it …
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2020 is a big year for democracy and technology. The US Presidential Election is scheduled for 3 November 2020. One of the biggest and certainly most-watched exercises in democracy will be a prime target for malicious actors of all sorts, with attempts to misinform the populace about candidates and policies, as well as efforts to …
