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Indonesian hackers arrested over US$60 million US COVID-19 scam
Two hackers were arrested over an international scam that saw the theft of about US$60 million in COVID-19 aid, in Surabaya, Indonesia. (Photo: AFP/Str)
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SURABAYA: Two Indonesian hackers have been arrested over an international scam in which US$60 million was stolen from a COVID-19 aid programme helping Americans left jobless by the pandemic, authorities said.
Text messages were sent to 20 million Americans directing them to more than a dozen fake US government websites, police in Indonesia said late on Thursday (Apr 15).
Indonesia arrests hackers over $60 million U S COVID-19 scam
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LEMBATA, Indonesia, April 8, 2021 (BSS/AFP) – Two Indonesian navy ships packed with aid arrived Thursday in a cyclone-ravaged section of the archipelago, as the disaster’s death toll rose to nearly 180 people, including dozens killed in neighbouring East Timor.
The vessels docked in hard-hit Lembata and Adonara island with hospital ships also en route to the ravaged cluster of islands in eastern Indonesia where thousands have been left homeless and dozens are still missing.
Torrential rains from Tropical Cyclone Seroja, one of the most destructive storms to hit the region in years, turned small communities into wastelands of mud and uprooted trees, sending thousands fleeing to shelters amid widespread power blackouts.