Phishing, social orchestrated attacks targeting Govt., Private sector on the rise: SLCERT

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Sri Lanka Computer Emergency Readiness Team (SLCERT) yesterday said that there is an increase in phishing and social engineered attacks targeting the Government and Private sector organizations in the country.

They said it has been identified that the scammers using the COVID-19 outbreak as an advantage and using the related themes in these attacks.

If any sensitive information is received by any means, please verify the authenticity of the source before sharing them, the SLCERT requested. (Chaturanga Samarawickrama)

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