Court unsealed documents detailing Microsofts work to disrupt cybercriminals that were taking advantage of the COVID-19 pandemic in an attempt to defraud customers in 62 countries. The criminals attempted to gain access to customer email, contact lists, sensitive documents and other valuable information. Microsoft utilized technical means to block the criminals activity and disable the malicious application used in the attack. Recently, Microsoft observed renewed attempts by the same criminals, this time using. the same. criminals. this time used. the. same. phishing emails to look like they originated from an employer and. frequently targeted business leaders.”]
Source: https://blogs.microsoft.com/on-the-issues/2020/07/07/digital-crimes-unit-covid-19-cybercrime/