Govt warns against phishing attacks from Sunday, using Covid-19 as bait

CERT-In has asked users to encrypt and protect their sensitive documents to avoid potential leakage

The government on Sunday asked people to be alert against a massive phishing attack to steal personal data on the pretext of communications related to Covid-19. The attack could begin on Sunday. The instructions came after the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) issued an advisory in this regard. 

In it's advisory, CERT-In said that the phishing attack campaign by "malicious actors" is expected to start from June 21, and the suspicious email could be ncov2019@gov.in. In a phishing attack, entities dupe people into opening emails or text messages by making them click on a link leading to installation of