This was reported by experts from the Central Bank of Russia on August 20, 2024, in the "Review of Reporting on Information Security Incidents in the Transfer of Funds". The authors of the document note a drop in the total number of transactions without customer consent (OCC). From the second quarter of 2023 to the first quarter of 2024, the number of OCCs was 302,074, and for the second quarter of 2024 - 256,936. At the same time, the volume of funds involved in venezuela whatsapp number database transactions increased on average from 3.8 billion to 4.7 billion rubles. The number of prevented OCCs also increased from 11 thousand to 16 thousand, and the volume of funds prevented OCCs increased from 1.7 trillion to 2.2 trillion rubles.
second quarter of 2024, attackers more often relied on phishing attacks - their growth was 20%, compared to malware attacks (-50%), social engineering methods (-26%) or DDoS attacks (-20%).
A similar picture is observed in cases of telephone fraud. The authors of the study noted a massive drop in the number of phone calls from fraudsters in the second quarter of 2024 compared to the average for the previous four quarters. Thus, from the second quarter of 2023 to the first quarter of 2024, fraudsters called on average from 8-800 phone numbers more than 1.1 thousand times, from landlines - more than 13 thousand times, and from mobile phones - more than 117 thousand times. And in the second quarter of 2024 - 581 times, 3000 and 49 thousand, respectively.
A representative of the Central Bank's press service said that the statistics are based on data that credit institutions regularly submit to the Bank of Russia. He noted that Russia has an information exchange system called "FinCERT", to which all credit institutions are connected. It is used for information exchange between financial market participants and law enforcement agencies, and a special division of the Central Bank maintains a database that contains attempts to make transfers without the client's consent and information about payers and recipients of funds. Banks are required to use this information in systems to combat fraudulent transfers.
"Our focus is on the problem of credit fraud. To solve it, the Bank of Russia is working on a number of proposals. Among the possible ones is a two-day cooling-off period for issuing a loan or credit if the bank suspects that a person is applying for money under the influence of fraudsters. We will discuss our new initiatives, including with financial market participants and experts, so it is premature to talk about
The Central Bank experts note that in the
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