New warnings as COVID-19 scammers target QR codes

Customer scanning QR code to view food menu online

Customer scanning QR code to view food menu online Source: Getty Images

Scammers are taking advantage of people’s fears during the coronavirus pandemic.


 

More than five thousand Australians were targeted in COVID-19 related scams this year.

Our digital footprint via QR Code Check-in has fast become a new part of people social lives.

Contact tracers rely on scan-in technology to locate and isolate potential contacts of confirmed COVID-19 cases.

Experts warn that if we don't know where we are leaving our digital data, we could be exposing ourselves to risk.

 


 








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