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Fake coronavirus vaccines an ‘emerging threat’ to UK , crime agency boss warns

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Independent. The warning came after the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) said cyberattacks by Russia and other hostile states present an "ongoing threat" to UK efforts to develop a vaccine.Mr Biggar said criminals were using Covid as "hook" to try different types of fraud.

He added: "The new emerging threat will be around vaccine fraud."We haven’t seen much of that yet but we absolutely expect when vaccines begin to roll out that there will be people offering fake vaccines.

We are trying to get ahead of that trend now."Paul Chichester, the NCSC’s director of operations, said hostile states were focused on vaccine research, while criminal groups were also targeting hospitals and healthcare bodies."It’s an ongoing threat and it continues.

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