Government agencies plan to ramp up cyber security in response to a barrage of vaccine-related scams expected to hit during the Covid-19 immunisation campaign, RNZ reports. With other countries dealing with cyber criminals using the roll-outs to scam, director of the government’s cyber security agency CERT, Rob Pope, said e-fraudsters will always look for a new way in. Scams were usually email-based with fake logos to look legitimate. Covid-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins warned that if people received emails out of the blue asking for personal details related to Covid-19, it was likely to be a scam. The vaccine is free in New Zealand, so any email asking for money is also fake, Hipkins added.
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