COVID vaccine

2021 Intel Wrap-Up: COVID-19 Fraud By The Numbers—Pricing and Geographic Analysis

This year, much like it did for the majority of last year, the COVID-19 pandemic dominated our daily lives. The main difference between 2021 and 2020, of course, is the approval and rapid distribution of three vaccines in the US, resulting in the inoculation of more than 200 million Americans (as of this publishing). In the US, those who received vaccinations were provided paper proof—vaccine cards on which records are written in ink.

This Is What COVID Fraud Looks Like

Over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic, threat actors have leveraged fear, uncertainty, and doubt to turn a profit. Their fraud schemes target government relief funding; they advertise fake treatments or cures; and, lately, they buy, sell, and trade fake (negative) test results or proof of vaccination.