Google blocked an average of 18 million daily malicious coronavirus messages to Gmail users in the last week as hackers try to capitalize on fear and less secure remote-work setups (GOOG, GOOGL)

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• Google blocked 18 million malicious coronavirus-themed emails sent to Gmail users in the past week alone, the company said in a blog post Thursday. 
• In addition to malware and phishing emails, Google blocked more than 240 million spam messages related to COVID-19.
• Google said hackers are trying to take advantage of email users by impersonating government authorities like the WHO and capitalizing on less secure remote work setups.
• Americans have lost nearly $12 million this year to scammers and bad actors capitalizing on the coronavirus pandemic.
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Google stopped millions of malicious coronavirus-related emails from reaching Gmail users last week, the company announced in a blog post Thursday.

"During the last week, we saw 18 million daily malware and phishing emails related to COVID-19. This is in addition to more than 240 million COVID-related daily spam messages," the company said in the post.

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