The National Cyber Security Centres (NCSC) Active Cyber Defense (ACD) program managed to curb the online scam economy in a record-breaking takedown of 700,595 scams. Nearly 1.5 million URLs were taken down in 2020, including: fake celebrity endorsement scams, fake shops and fake NHS apps. HMRC-themed attacks were among the most popular UK government departments used as a phishing lure, with over 4,000 campaigns in 2020. The report also highlights a particular increase in the number of phishing campaigns impersonating the NHS, compared to 36 in 2019.”]