School of Engineering and Technology, CT University organised a webinar on Impact of cyber crime during COVID-19 in which guest Rakshit Tandon, Director- HackDev Technology Pvt Ltd & Cofounder- HACKERSHALA addressed the participants.
Speaking at length, guest Rakshit Tandon said, “Common cybercrime techniques, such as phishing, have seen a spike during the times of pandemic. Countries all across the globe are reporting an increase in cybercrime during the pandemic and even reported several kinds of scams and frauds that came in the form of ads, emails, fake websites, but also through phone calls and messages. Legitimate crowd-funding campaigns to collect money in support of health workers and institutions, were deviated to alternative criminal pockets through fake websites.”