Hackers have hit every country on Earth with coronavirus-themed cyberattacks (MSFT)

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• Microsoft mapped cyberattacks such as phishing emails and found that 241 nations and territories have suffered at least one virus-related attack, the company wrote on its blog.
• Hackers tend to attack countries when they are in the throes of the pandemic and people need health information online, the company says. 
• But here's the good news: Cyberattacks are actually not growing, Microsoft says, just shifting to COVID-19 themes. 
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Hackers have launched coronavirus-themed cyberattacks in 241 countries and territories, according to new research from Microsoft

"Every country in the world has seen at least one COVID-19 themed attack," the software giant said on its blog Wednesday.

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