In total, in 2024, 765 thousand cybercressions were registered in Russia, of which nearly 486 thousand cases of fraud and theft.
In 2024, thieves of 200 billion rubles ($ 2 billion) stole Cyber from Russian citizens, 35% more than one year before. The data was brought by the Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation Andrei Khrapov, the Moscow Times reports.
It is noted that the central bank of Russia repair significantly lower cost of theft, as it only uses banks’ data. According to him, in 2024, scammers stole 27.5 billion rubles from customers of financial institutions – 74% more than one year before. At the same time, banks returned only 9.9% of stolen funds to the victims.
At the same time, Central Bank leader Elvira Nabiullina admitted that not all banks are reported correctly in fraud, and some accidentally do not record fraud cases.
“One of the major banks that systematically does not register transactions without the consent of the client, explaining this by the fact that the person himself has transferred money – though under the influence of fraud,” he said.
In total, in 2024, 765 thousand cybercressions were registered in Russia, of which nearly 486 thousand cases of fraud and theft. The number of victims of such crimes over the years has not changed – 448.9 thousand people.
Remember that the data of users of Russia’s largest provider – Rostelecom companies – fell into the hands of hackers and published on the network.
Earlier it was reported that cybersical specialists of the main director of intelligence of the Ministry of Defense attacked the Russian Federation’s financial sector.
Source: korrespondent
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