Messenger Phishing Scams Soar in 2021 amid Pandemic

SEOUL, April 19 (Korea Bizwire) – Phishing scams involving instant messages in South Korea spiked in 2021 due to increased not-in-person activities amid the coronavirus pandemic, data showed Tuesday. The amount of damages from messenger phishing came to 99.1 billion won (US$80.3 million) last year, up 166 percent from the previous year, according to the [...]