National Insurance warns of cyber attacks and phishing and recommends how to beware of them

In the background of these things, today (Sunday) the National Insurance published an unusual announcement regarding phishing attempts that are made on its account. “Pay attention. As the technological world develops, so do the fraudsters trying to upgrade. Stop for a moment and check if the message you received makes sense or not. Here is another example of a phishing attempt during the holiday – this message was not sent on behalf of the National Insurance.”

The National Insurance notice also states: “Do not press, do not distribute, and do not leave personal details. We remind you: we will never ask for credit information in text messages. “Employer’s grant”? What is it? Do you know such a grant? Are you not sure? – Updates on grants are published directly through the official website and on our social networks.”

In addition, the National Insurance recommends: “How will you identify phishing messages? A real message will always come from the address BituahLeumi. The end of the address will be Gov.il. Every update will also be sent to the ‘Letters’ tab in your personal area of ​​the website. You can always verify through the National Insurance hotline 6050* or in the human chat on the website. For your information, we reported the attempts to the cyber system already on the eve of the holiday. Take care of yourself. Also online.”