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Beware of cyber criminals

31 Mar 2020 - {{hitsCtrl.values.hits}}      

By Yohan Perera and Chathuranga Samarawickrama 

Personal data of subscribers attached to social media and those who are attached  to COVID-19 tracking apps are being collected by various cyber criminals, Information Technology Society of Sri Lanka ( ITSSL) warned in a statement yesterday. 


“ Personal data of those who upload postings on social media including apps are being collected by these criminals” ITSSL President Rajeew Mathew said in a statement yesterday. 
“ Coronaline1-1 mobile app has been identified as a spy software,” Mr Mathew said. 


He also said people should avoid exchanging data through spam links such as wwwinternet- COVID-19.com.