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Cybercrime and terrorism profit off pandemic, posing global challenge

The pandemic is being exploited to radicalize would-be terrorists and target vulnerable health care networks.

,   and  Arete News Staff
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An officer with the U.K.'s National Crime Agency triages a seized computer for evidence of criminal activity
An officer with the U.K.'s National Crime Agency triages a seized computer for evidence of criminal activity (AN/NCA)

UNITED NATIONS (AN) — The COVID-19 pandemic is being exploited to radicalize would-be terrorists and to target vulnerable computer networks used by hospitals and health care systems around the world, the U.N. counterterrorism chief said.

Phishing websites, many targeting hospitals and health care systems, spiked by 350% during the first quarter of this year, Vladimir Voronkov, a Russian diplomat and undersecretary-general of the United Nations Office of Counterterrorism, or UNOCT, told the U.N. Security Council on Thursday.

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