Europol COVID-19 joint statement

FanJ · Mar 20, 2020

Joint Statement by European Commission, ENISA, CERT-EU and Europol - 20 March 2020

Europol:
COVID-19 joint statement
https://www.europol.europa.eu/newsroom/news/covid-19-joint-statement

The coronavirus outbreak has spurred widespread anxiety and forced many people to work from home. Malign actors are actively exploiting these new challenging circumstances to target remote workers, businesses and individuals alike.

Relevant European Union entities are in close contact with one another to track these malicious activities, raise awareness in their respective communities and help protect confined citizens. The European Commission, ENISA, CERT-EU and Europol , among others, will continue to monitor the situation and coordinate as appropriate to ensure a safer cyberspace for the EU and the world.
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ENISA - European Union Agency for Cybersecurity
Joint fight against COVID-19 related threats
https://www.enisa.europa.eu/news/enisa-news/joint-fight-against-covid-19-related-threats

FanJ · Mar 20, 2020

BTW a few days ago there was this Europol Press Release:

COVID - 19 Update
https://www.europol.europa.eu/newsroom/news/covid-19-update

Given the decision of the Dutch Government that the workforce in the Netherlands should work from home as much as possible, Europol’s Executive Director and the Crisis Management Team have decided to implement teleworking from home for the majority of staff until further notice. Europol has a pandemic response plan in place, ensuring that the agency’s essential work to support law enforcement agencies in the Member States of the European Union continues in any scenario.

Europol’s Crisis Management Team has been actively monitoring the evolving situation of the COVID-19 pandemic since the beginning and is prepared for all possible scenarios to ensure not only the well-being of its staff but also business continuity.

Europol already canceled and suspended all meetings with external participants as well as all business trips two weeks ago.
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ronjor · Mar 20, 2020

INTERPOL:
Global operation sees a rise in fake medical products related to COVID-19

19 March 2020
Coronavirus outbreak sparks a new trend in counterfeit medical items
LYON, France – Counterfeit facemasks, substandard hand sanitizers and unauthorized antiviral medication were all seized under Operation Pangea XIII, which saw police, customs and health regulatory authorities from 90 countries take part in collective action against the illicit online sale of medicines and medical products.
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guest · Mar 24, 2020

Operation Pangea: Europol dismantles criminal gangs selling coronavirus medicine, surgical masks
March 23, 2020
https://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/100279/cyber-crime/operation-pangea-coronavirus-europol.html

The Coronavirus outbreak is sustaining an unprecedented demand in hygiene products, surgical masks, and drugs that could care the COVID infection.

The Europol announced the result of an international operation, dubbed Operation Pangea, has brought together police from over 90 countries in a bid to stem a rising flood of criminal enterprises relating to COVID-19.
Operation Pangea was the result of the collaboration of police from over 90 countries.

Operation Pangea took place between March 3 and 10, 2020, the authorities dismantled 37 organized crime groups attempting to illegally sell counterfeit surgical masks,
Police seized nearly 34 000 counterfeit surgical masks and identified more than 2 000 links to products related to COVID-19.
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The operation is still ongoing.
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Europol: Rise of fake ‘corona cures’ revealed in global counterfeit medicine operation

FanJ · Mar 27, 2020

Europol:
How criminals profit from the COVID-19 pandemic
New Europol report on latest developments of COVID-19 on the criminal landscape in the EU - 27 March 2020
https://www.europol.europa.eu/newsroom/news/how-criminals-profit-covid-19-pandemic

CYBERCRIME

The number of cyberattacks against organisations and individuals is significant and is expected to increase. Criminals have used the COVID-19 crisis to carry out social engineering attacks themed around the pandemic to distribute various malware packages.

Cybercriminals are also likely to seek to exploit an increasing number of attack vectors as a greater number of employers institute telework and allow connections to their organisations’ systems.

Example: The Czech Republic reported a cyberattack on Brno University Hospital which forced the hospital to shut down its entire IT network, postpone urgent surgical interventions and re-route new acute patients to a nearby hospital.
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