Google warns of government-backed phishing attempts, donates $200,000 towards cybersecurity research

Over a dozen government-backed attacker groups have leveraged the global Covid-19 pandemic to launch phishing and malware attacks against targets according to a recent report by Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG).

TAG is Google’s specialized team of security experts that works to “identify, report, and stop government-backed phishing and hacking” against Google and Google users.

“TAG has specifically identified over a dozen government-backed attacker groups using Covid-19 themes as a lure for phishing and malware attempts—trying to get their targets to click malicious links and download files,” Google said in the report.