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From my IT Department

 

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With the current Coronavirus being a popular topic among internet search engines, threat actors are taking advantage of the situation. 

 

A malicious website pretending to be the live map for Coronavirus COVID-19 Global Cases by Johns Hopkins University is circulating on the internet waiting for unwitting internet users to visit the website. Visiting the website infects the user with a virus that can steal sensitive data. It is likely being spread via infected email attachments, malicious online advertisements, and social engineering. Furthermore, anyone searching the internet for a Coronavirus map could unwittingly navigate to this malicious website.

 

The malware is being deployed by “corona-virus-map[dot]com”.  IT is blocking this site but please DO NOT visit the site and be very weary of the sites you visit in relation to the Coronavirus as well as all internet searches.

 

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Carol P. Baker

GIS Administrator

Town of South Kingstown

180 High Street

Wakefield, RI  02879

 

401 789-9331 x1249

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gis.southkingstownri.com/webgis

 

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