| Subject: | FinCEN Issues Advisory on Cybercrime and Cyber-Enabled Crime Exploiting the COVID-19 Pandemic |
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| Date: | Fri, 31 Jul 2020 11:27:13 -0400 |
| From: | USA FINCEN REQUESTS (Sherie Cabalu) <usa.fincen.requests@egmont.org> |
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| CC: | USA FinCEN Requests - USA <usa.fincen.requests@egmont.org> |
FinCEN Issues Advisory on Cybercrime and Cyber-Enabled Crime Exploiting the COVID-19 Pandemic
The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued an advisory today to alert financial institutions to potential indicators of cybercrime and cyber-enabled crime observed during the COVID-19 pandemic. The advisory contains descriptions of COVID-19-related malicious cyber activity and scams, associated financial red flag indicators, and information on reporting suspicious activity.
The advisory is based on FinCEN’s analysis of COVID-19-related information obtained from Bank Secrecy Act data, open source reporting, and law enforcement partners. FinCEN will issue COVID-19-related information to financial institutions to help enhance their efforts to detect, prevent, and report suspected illicit activity on its website at https://www.fincen.gov/coronavirus.
Read the advisory here.