Cybercrime up in tandem with Covid-19

There has been a spike across Europe in cybercrime, including child pornography and financial scams, in tandem with the spread of Covid-19, according to a report by Europol, and Greece has also been impacted, albeit to a relatively far lesser degree than other countries.

According to Greek police sources, the coronavirus crisis has not yet been reflected in an increase in cases of child pornography; however, the same is not true of fake news regarding Covid-19, which has proliferated.

Tellingly, complaints to police have spiked mainly from companies trying to procure medicals (masks gloves etc) which have fallen victim to scammers.

In the last few days alone, the police cybercrime division has drafted four case files regarding the spreading of false news via the internet about coronavirus.

In addition, three company representatives have filed lawsuits...

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