TracingU.K. NHS Contact Tracing Undermined by Hackers Sending Fraudulent Warnings to Public

Published 30 May 2020

The new NHS test and trace programme is being undermined by hackers sending out phishing scams falsely warning the public they may have Covid-19. Tom Morgan writes in The Telegraph that several public health directors have called for all forms of communication from contact tracers to involve two-step verification to eradicate the risk of scammers gaining confidential information.