Here's how to protect yourself from cybercriminals following a massive global IT outage that affected grocery stores, banks, airlines, medical centers and more.
The global IT outage triggered by a faulty CrowdStrike software update has created a perfect storm for cybercriminals to exploit. In the wake of this unprecedented disruption affecting Windows computers worldwide, threat actors are now launching phishing campaigns and distributing malware-laden links.
, is tracking this online criminal activity, which now poses a secondary threat to Americans. Here is the has observed threat actors taking advantage of this incident for phishing and other malicious activity.
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