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Privacy Tip #429 – Threat Actors Continue to Use QR Codes For Fraudulent Purposes

By Linn Foster Freedman on January 30, 2025
Posted in Privacy Tips

We have repeatedly warned our readers about malicious QR codes and their use by threat actors.

Threat actors are now using these codes to disguise packages as gifts. Upon opening the package, recipients find a note with instructions to scan a QR code to identify the sender. The code launches a website that asks for…

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