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'Quishing' scams dupe millions of Americans as cybercriminals turn the QR code bad

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'Quishing' scams dupe millions of Americans as cybercriminals turn the QR code bad

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News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 days ago

Hackers are exploiting public willingness to scan QR codes in 'quishing' attacks that have now hit tens of millions of Americans.

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Almost three-quarters of Americans (73%) scan QR codes without verification, and more than 26 million have already been directed to malicious sites, according to NordVPN.

The FTC warned earlier this year about scanning QR codes on unexpected packages.

New York City’s Department of Transportation issued a warning that scammers are posting QR codes on parking meters that are not legitimate payment links.

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I don’t go around scanning random codes, but often times I have to scan a code for something like paying for parking. How can I know if someone put a sticker over it with a malicious URL?

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