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Sharp increase in cybercrime during coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic: UN report

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United Nations: A 350% increase in phishing websites was reported in the first quarter of the year, many targeting hospitals and health care systems and hindering their work responding to the COVID-19 pandemic, the UN counterterrorism chief has said. Vladimir Voronkov on Thursday told the UN Security Council that the upsurge in phishing sites was part of "a significant rise in cybercrime in recent months."