Hungarian Police bust 'fake news' racket spreading false information on coronavirus

With different parts of world reeling from outbreak of coronavirus, a woman and man were arrested for allegedly running fake news portals and Facebook pages related to coronavirus. According to reports, Hungarian police on February 8 said that y h put a stop to a fake news racket that reported on alleged coronavirus related deaths in country.

KRNNI launch an investigation

In a statement, Hungarian police said, " Cybercrime Department of National Bureau of Investigation of Standby Police (KRNNI) has launched an investigation into unknown perpetrators of suspected public threats of crime. Web sites have been falsely reported to claim that more people were infected with Chinese-born coronavirus in Hungary, and people were killed and killed in several Budapest railway stations."

"Dozens of camouflages and fake Facebook pages"

According to ir official website, police in a statement revealed, "dozens of "camouflages" and related Facebook pages were members of same network, sharing articles about subject of public opinion, but based on false claims. Content designed to disrupt public peace of mind has been labeled " hunter" to reach as many as hundreds of thousands of users, according to investigation. goal of site's editors was to spre false news as much as y could expect to receive vertising revenue after a ".

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"On February 7, 2020, KR NNI staff conducted a concerted action to dismantle network, carrying out research and seizing several IT assets. Investigators have questioned a man and a woman as suspects, who are defending mselves in process."

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Death toll increases in coronavirus related cases

As per latest updates, novel Coronavirus has killed 811 people in China after severely affected Hubei province reported 81 new fatalities on February 9. re are now more than 36,690 confirmed cases across China. death toll has now breached global number of deaths caused by Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) virus, which killed 774 people in 2002-2003.

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