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Scam warning as fake emails and websites target users after outage
Agencies in the UK and Australia are warning people to be vigilante to fake emails, calls and websites.
Mr Hunt was responding to a warning from the Australian Signals Directorate (known as the ASD, the equivalent of the UK's GCHQ or the US's National Security Agency) which issued an alert about hackers sending out bogus software fixes claiming to be from CrowdStrike. We saw the same with the Covid-19 pandemic when hackers adjusted their phishing email attacks to offer information about the virus and even pretend to have an antidote in order to hack people and organisations. According to researchers at Secureworks, there has already been a sharp rise in CrowdStrike-themed domain registrations – hackers registering new websites made to look official and potentially trick IT managers or members of the public into downloading malicious software or handing over private details.
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