Comfortable in some sort of “shelter at home” situation in front of a computer, cyber criminals are taking full advantage of unique vulnerabilities created by these unprecedented pandemic conditions. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has stepped up its efforts to notify the public in response, issuing more frequent cyber security alerts than it usually does when large-scale threats are identified.

So far the FBI has issued specific cyber security alerts on human trafficking, COVID-19 scams, vulnerabilities in networking platforms (such as Zoom), and cloud-based business email compromise campaigns. The agency has also posted public notice that it is closely monitoring potential exploitation of children taking remote classes from home, hate crimes, and general scam and breach attempts that target personal information during the pandemic.

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