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Women’s Health and Safety Amidst COVID-19 Cybercrime
By Sarah Katz, Senior Cyber Security Analyst, NASA Ames Research Center
As the past two months have seen the COVID-19 pandemic sweep the globe, domestic violence has
spiked across multiple continents. Forced to stay indoors, many individuals are encountering partner
struggles, some of which have turned abusive. In particular, many women in Asia, Europe and the United
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States have reported feeling unsafe and wonting for reliable access to safety resources.
Adding to the global increase in domestic abuse, abundance of cybercrime has surged since the start of
the COVID outbreak. With particularly enhanced rates of phishing campaigns, the healthcare industry
has born a significant brunt in struggling to balance resource provision for patient care with cybercrime
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prevention.
12 Taub, Amanda. “A New Covid-19 Crisis: Domestic Abuse Rises Worldwide.” The New York Times,
The
New York Times, 6 Apr. 2020, www.nytimes.com/2020/04/06/world/coronavirus-domestic-
violence.html.
13 “WHO Reports Fivefold Increase in Cyber Attacks, Urges Vigilance.” World Health Organization,
World
Health Organization, 23 Apr. 2020, www.who.int/news-room/detail/23-04-2020-who-reports-fivefold
increase-in-cyber-attacks-urges-vigilance.
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