According to data collected during the first quarter of 2020, about two thirds of respondents from Interpol's member countries had recieved phishing and online scam threats related to COVID-19. Meanwhile, pandemic-related fake news was the type of cyber threat least encountered during this period.
Key cyberthreats related to the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, by threat type
The report is based on data collected from member countries and INTERPOL private partners as part of the INTERPOL Global Cybercrime Survey conducted from April to May 2020.
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