Mass move to work from home in coronavirus crisis creates opening for hackers: cyber experts

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Mass move to work from home in coronavirus crisis creates opening for hackers: cyber experts

Sudden transition means more scope for mistakes.

As people disperse to their homes to work and study because of the coronavirus pandemic, taking their laptops and company data with them, cyber security experts say hackers will follow, seeking to take advantage and infiltrate corporations. Government officials in the United States, Britain and ...

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