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Feds Warn of Foreign Scammers Hacking Remote Workers

Foreign cyber criminals are trying to exploit the rise in Americans working from home amid the coronavirus pandemic. So reports The Hill.

ransomware 3998798 640 smallOne senior intelligence official cited “extensive” use of ransomware by Russian criminals, as well as some cyber activity linked to foreign governments.

Tom Kellermann, a former Obama administration cybersecurity official who is now the head of cybersecurity strategy at cyber group VMware Carbon Black, compared American cyberspace to the scene on the ground in Iraq or Syria. “It’s a free-fire zone,” he added.

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