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Experts warn COVID-19 raises Stakes for Nation State Info-Ops Targeting US

ID: 71bfefea-9011-56ea-885d-e6a38464c2f5

STIX ID: report--71bfefea-9011-56ea-885d-e6a38464c2f5

Feed Name: Security Ledger

Threat Score
50/100

Date Published: 2020-04-24

Date Updated: 2026-04-26

Author: Jack Monahan

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The article describes how existing cybercriminal and nation-state playbooks are being repurposed for the COVID-19 pandemic, reporting a sharp increase in COVID-themed phishing campaigns, malicious domains, pandemic-related malicious files, and coordinated disinformation operations (notably attributed to Russia and China), while arguing that social platforms' reactive measures are insufficient to stop the harm.

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