State Bank of India (SBI) has issued a warning for its account holders to be cautious of an imminent cyber attack. Warning the customers about the attack, India’s largest lender tweeted, “Attention! It has come to our notice that a cyber attack is going to take place in major cities of India. Kindly refrain yourself from clicking on emails coming from ncov2019@gov.in with a subject line Free COVID-19 Testing.”
“We have received a worrying report from CERT-In that the phishing attack is expected to be carried out by cybercriminals using the suspicious email – ncov2019@gov.in from 21st June.”
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“The cybercriminals are claiming to have a 2 million individual/citizen’s email IDs and are planning to send email with subject “Free COVID-19 Testing” inciting personal details from the residents of following cities: Delhi, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Chennai and Ahmedabad,” the advisory added.
The Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) on Sunday had warned that in a major phishing attack, millions of Indians could be targeted by fake emails, social media posts or texts messages, which promises free Covid-19 testing across India.
