World Coronavirus Dispatch: Pandemic-related cyber-crimes soar in UK

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Pandemic-related cyber-crimes spike in the UK: A state security agency has stepped in to help Britain’s National Health Service repel a surge in cyber-crime linked to the coronavirus pandemic. Covid-19 forced millions to work from home and fuelled anxieties about the virus, presenting a tempting target for cyber criminals. A division of GCHQ, Britain’s signals intelligence agency, the NCSC said that since March it had taken down 15,354 campaigns