Fake NHS Covid apps among scams driving huge increase in fraud takedowns

Fake NHS Covid apps among scams driving huge increase in fraud takedowns Fake NHS apps are among the covid-themed cyber crimes that have driven the number of scams taken down by the UK’s security agency up 15-fold.

The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), part of GCHQ, said it had removed more scams from the internet last year than in the previous three years combined. The Daily Telegraph

See also: 

• Fifteen times more online scams stamped out as cyber experts moved to protect UK during pandemic National Cyber Security Centre
• Active Cyber Defence (ACD) - the fourth year National Cyber Security Centre