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Cyber-attacks exploiting COVID-19, warns SLCERT
Sri Lanka Computer Emergency Readiness Team (SLCERT) said it has identified that there is an increase in phishing and social engineering attacks (cyber-attacks) targeting the government and private sector organizations in Sri Lanka.
“Scammers are using the coronavirus outbreak to try to take advantage of people by using the COVID-19 theme in these attacks. If any sensitive information is requested by any means please verify the authenticity of the source before giving out information,” SLCERT stated in its alert to the public.
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