Crowdstrike sees phishing attack ‘uptick’ during coronavirus crisis

The coronavirus outbreak has exposed a new pathway for hackers to prey on vulnerable victims, Crowdstrike CEO George Kurtz told CNBC’s Jim Cramer Friday.

“We’ve seen a real uptick in phishing campaigns using COVID-19 and malware associated with that in these emails,” Kurtz said in a “Mad Money” interview. “When there’s chaos and there’s this fear in the street that’s when the adversary tends to strike hardest.”

COVID-19 is the deadly disease caused by the fast-spreading coronavirus.

As workplaces across the country have shutdown and more employees work remotely during the pandemic, a CNBC survey found that more than one in three executives have seen an spike in cyberthreats to their systems. The survey included tech leaders at large companies, along with government and nonprofit organizations. 

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