Government alert: You can be cheated in the name of CrowdStrike, do not make such a mistake

Government alert: It has been said on the website of CERT-In that cyber thugs are emailing people in the name of CrowdStrike and claiming to solve their problem. As soon as a user is caught in their trap, they are taking personal information from them and scams are being done based on that information.

Tue, 30 Jul 2024 02:12 PM (IST)
Government alert: You can be cheated in the name of CrowdStrike, do not make such a mistake
Government alert: You can be cheated in the name of CrowdStrike, do not make such a mistake

The government cyber agency Computer Emergency Response Team has issued a warning to the people. According to the warning of CERT-In, in the name of CrowdStrike, people can be cheated and they can be made victims of cyber fraud. Due to the outage of CrowdStrike on July 19, Windows systems all over the world were shut down, due to which everything from airport to banks came to standstill condition.

Later, Microsoft and CrowdCrime patched the bug; people's systems were fixed, but still some of the users are facing a blue screen problem in Windows. This warning has been issued for them by CERT-In.

It has been said on the website of CERT-In that cyber thugs are emailing people in the name of CrowdStrike and claiming to solve their problem. As soon as a user is caught in their trap, they are taking personal information from them and a scam is being done on the basis of that information.

According to the agency, CrowdStrike phishing attacks are happening on a large scale. Fake software has also been released in the name of CrowdStrike, for which it has been claimed that the problem of the blue screen will be solved. CERT has said that do not trust any kind of online communication, message, call, or software and do not share your personal information under any circumstances.

Muskan Kumawat Journalist & Content Writer