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Coronavirus Outbreak Prompts Cybersecurity Warnings

Cybersecurity researchers have warned that hackers are exploiting worries about the spread of the coronavirus to attack industries reliant on global shipping. So reports The Hill.

coronavirus 4817431 640smallAccording to cybersecurity firm Proofpoint, hackers have cited details about how the coronavirus could affect shipping in malware-containing emails aimed at the manufacturing, financial, pharmaceutical, cosmetics and transportation businesses.

The hackers are probably based in Russia or Eastern Europe, Proofpoint said.

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