Statistically, most cybercriminals tend to eschew “important” and high-value targets. It’s the vast numbers of easy (and easily distracted) targets that are most prominently in their crosshairs. That is true at the best of times, but the Covid-19 pandemic has only intensified and emboldened their hunt for the susceptible and vulnerable.

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