Euro 2016 causes spike in cyber-crime on mobile devices

Fans are risking the cyber-security of themselves and their employers because of their eagerness to access UEFA football information while they are abroad.

Cyber-criminals have used the Euro 2016 Football tournament to target victims with malicious websites. As well as this, official apps for the football fest are also leaking data, it has been claimed.

According to research carried out by the SmartWire Labs Team at Wandera, an increase in the number of malicious websites being accessed by smartphones has been detected. The firm said that host country France has been actively targeted by hackers, with 72 percent of malicious websites and 41 percent of exposed passwords being detected on smartphones in that country