{"id":18350,"date":"2021-03-24T08:56:56","date_gmt":"2021-03-24T12:56:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/?p=18350"},"modified":"2021-03-24T08:56:56","modified_gmt":"2021-03-24T12:56:56","slug":"covid-fraud-34-5m-stolen-in-pandemic-scams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/2021\/03\/24\/covid-fraud-34-5m-stolen-in-pandemic-scams\/","title":{"rendered":"Covid fraud: \u00a334.5m stolen in pandemic scams"},"content":{"rendered":"
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More than 6,000 cases of Covid-related fraud and cyber-crime have been recorded by the UK’s police forces during the pandemic.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The Action Fraud team said \u00a334.5m had been stolen since 1 March 2020.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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It covers activity in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, but not Scotland.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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In a related development, the National Cyber Security Centre has told the BBC it is tackling about 30 “significant attacks” a month against the country’s pandemic response infrastructure.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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These involves attempts to breach the NHS, vaccine producers and vaccine supply chains, among other organisations.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“There unfortunately have been a number of successful ransomware incidents against businesses – I can think of roughly around 10,” NCSC operations director Paul Chichester said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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This is one of the scripts used to con victims to believe they were talking to their bank<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
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Twin peaks<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n
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Other figures disclosed by City of London Police, which co-ordinates efforts to combat fraud, include:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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