Hoʻomaopopo ka poʻe noiʻi e pili ana i kahi app rogue e hoʻohālike nei he corona tracker, akā ʻo ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, laka i nā polokalamu Android a koi i kahi pānaʻi no ka wehe ʻana iā lākou. Hāʻawi ʻia ka polokalamu ʻo Coronavirus Tracker ma waho o ka Google Play Store ma o kahi pūnaewele rogue - coronavirusapp.site - a ʻōlelo ʻia hiki iā ia ke nānā i ka puka ʻana o ka coronavirus i ka manawa maoli ma ke alanui, ke kūlanakauhale a me ka mokuʻāina.
Ke kau ʻia, noi ka app i nā kuleana luna, i hiki ke hoʻouka ʻia i ka wā e hoʻomaka hou ai a loaʻa iā ia nā kuleana e laka i ka pale. E ʻike pū kekahi mea hoʻohana i ka noi. A laila hōʻike ka polokalamu ʻino i kahi ʻōlelo aʻo e laka ʻia nā ʻikepili āpau ma ka hāmeʻa a pono e uku ʻia he $250 no ka loaʻa hou ʻana.
Wahi a ka mea noiʻi ʻo Lukas Stefanko mai ka hui antivirus ESET a me ka mea noiʻi ʻo Tarik Saleh, ʻaʻole ia i hoʻopili ʻia i ka ʻikepili, akā laka ka polokalamu i ka hāmeʻa. Eia nō naʻe, hoʻohana ka malware i kahi kī paʻa paʻa no ka laka, i like ke code wehe no kēlā me kēia mea. ʻO kēia code no ka wehe ʻana i ka hāmeʻa ʻo "4865083501", wahi a Stefanko.