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Due to a conflict among members of a criminal group, two malefactors kidnapped their accomplice in order to seize his share of illegally earned money. The story began with a statement to the cyber police in Ukraine. The department is engaged in detecting intruders operating on the Internet, in particular, we are talking about online scammers and other cybercriminals.
Conflicts develop in the organization by themselves
Ukrainian law enforcement agencies have arrested cybercrime suspects accused of embezzling funds from some of the country's leading industrial enterprises. This is reported at the end of July 2024 by the official website of the state administration body.
According to the Ukrainian cyber Police, the suspects infected employees ' computers with malicious software to gain remote access to their financial IT systems, and changed their bank details to accounts controlled by hackers. Presumably, the suspects managed to steal almost about $145 thousand. The report does not say which businesses were targeted.
According to police, two members of the criminal group could not agree on how to distribute the stolen funds, and kidnapped a third accomplice to force him to hand over his share of earnings.
The Ukrainian police found the car in which the suspects were traveling, and detained them on the way. Among the evidence found in the car were the suspects ' wallets, mobile phones, and a blanket covered in red spots that looked like blood.
If convicted, the alleged hackers face up to 12 years in prison on charges of kidnapping and extortion. The investigation is currently ongoing and additional charges may be brought against the suspects.
Activating scammers
Since the start of the special military operation (SVO) of Russia, scammers trying to extort money via the Internet have become more active in Ukraine.
The cyber police of Ukraine is engaged in detecting intruders operating on the Internet. In particular, we are talking about online scammers and other cybercriminals. Scammers come up with schemes with call centers, fake stores, allegedly evacuating dangerous regions, and even pseudo-volunteering.
Scams are deceptive and fraudulent activities that people commit in an attempt to deceive others for financial or personal gain, and scammers are not going to stop their nefarious behavior anytime soon. A recent Citibank survey found that while 90% of respondents believe they can easily identify and avoid fraud, more than a quarter still fall victim to it.
Many people fall for the bait of scammers due to a lack of awareness of common fraud tactics, as well as due to the ability of scammers to exploit the emotional and psychological vulnerability of their victims. Here are a few types of virtual fraud that may appear frequently in 2024: peer-to-peer (P2P) payment fraud; artificial intelligence (AI) fraud; government account hijacking fraud; QR code fraud; and job advertisement fraud.
In the case of fraud, skepticism is always useful and can help build a more secure digital future.
Phone fraud situation
Departments in Russia give different figures: if the Central Bank of Russia reports about 16 billion rubles that fraudsters stole in 2023, the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MVD) of Russia calls the figure 10 times more - 157 billion rubles.. According to estimates of Sberbank, in 2023, fraudsters stole more than 250 billion rubles from Russians.. At the same time, since the beginning of 2024, the bank has helped its clients save more than 150 billion rubles.
Call centers on the territory of Ukraine remain the centers of telephone fraud. And first of all in the city of Dnipro. According to Sberbank, the number of these call centers has decreased by about 2.5 times, and now about 350-400 fraudulent call centers are working against Russians in Ukraine, previously there were about 1 thousand of them. At the same time, the level of their technical equipment, the effectiveness of the scenarios used for working with people, and the scale of penetration and withdrawal of money have significantly increased. Several hundred thousand people work in fraudulent call centers in Ukraine and each of them can earn about $3 thousand (250 thousand rubles) per month.
Thanks to the amendments to the Communications Law, traffic coming from abroad is now controlled. Today, the problem of calls with number substitution from abroad is mostly solved. But there are other ways to organize attacks. 81% of all fraudulent calls are made via instant messengers and cloud-based automated telephone exchanges (PBX). To deceive fraudsters massively buy electronic SIM cards - eSIM. This has become a new trend that allows us to call our citizens en masse. Russian legislation provides for the possibility of purchasing SIM cards by citizens of other countries without a passport — using an ID card, and they buy hundreds of thousands of SIM cards throughout the country.
According to the Russian Interior Ministry, about a million SIM cards are sold in Russia every month, which are then used to deceive the country's citizens.
• Source: https://cyberpolice.gov.ua/news/pry...vogo-spilnyka-sudytymut-zlochynnu-grupu-6844/
Conflicts develop in the organization by themselves
Ukrainian law enforcement agencies have arrested cybercrime suspects accused of embezzling funds from some of the country's leading industrial enterprises. This is reported at the end of July 2024 by the official website of the state administration body.
According to the Ukrainian cyber Police, the suspects infected employees ' computers with malicious software to gain remote access to their financial IT systems, and changed their bank details to accounts controlled by hackers. Presumably, the suspects managed to steal almost about $145 thousand. The report does not say which businesses were targeted.
According to police, two members of the criminal group could not agree on how to distribute the stolen funds, and kidnapped a third accomplice to force him to hand over his share of earnings.
The Ukrainian police found the car in which the suspects were traveling, and detained them on the way. Among the evidence found in the car were the suspects ' wallets, mobile phones, and a blanket covered in red spots that looked like blood.
If convicted, the alleged hackers face up to 12 years in prison on charges of kidnapping and extortion. The investigation is currently ongoing and additional charges may be brought against the suspects.
Activating scammers
Since the start of the special military operation (SVO) of Russia, scammers trying to extort money via the Internet have become more active in Ukraine.
The cyber police of Ukraine is engaged in detecting intruders operating on the Internet. In particular, we are talking about online scammers and other cybercriminals. Scammers come up with schemes with call centers, fake stores, allegedly evacuating dangerous regions, and even pseudo-volunteering.
Scams are deceptive and fraudulent activities that people commit in an attempt to deceive others for financial or personal gain, and scammers are not going to stop their nefarious behavior anytime soon. A recent Citibank survey found that while 90% of respondents believe they can easily identify and avoid fraud, more than a quarter still fall victim to it.
Many people fall for the bait of scammers due to a lack of awareness of common fraud tactics, as well as due to the ability of scammers to exploit the emotional and psychological vulnerability of their victims. Here are a few types of virtual fraud that may appear frequently in 2024: peer-to-peer (P2P) payment fraud; artificial intelligence (AI) fraud; government account hijacking fraud; QR code fraud; and job advertisement fraud.
In the case of fraud, skepticism is always useful and can help build a more secure digital future.
Phone fraud situation
Departments in Russia give different figures: if the Central Bank of Russia reports about 16 billion rubles that fraudsters stole in 2023, the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MVD) of Russia calls the figure 10 times more - 157 billion rubles.. According to estimates of Sberbank, in 2023, fraudsters stole more than 250 billion rubles from Russians.. At the same time, since the beginning of 2024, the bank has helped its clients save more than 150 billion rubles.
Call centers on the territory of Ukraine remain the centers of telephone fraud. And first of all in the city of Dnipro. According to Sberbank, the number of these call centers has decreased by about 2.5 times, and now about 350-400 fraudulent call centers are working against Russians in Ukraine, previously there were about 1 thousand of them. At the same time, the level of their technical equipment, the effectiveness of the scenarios used for working with people, and the scale of penetration and withdrawal of money have significantly increased. Several hundred thousand people work in fraudulent call centers in Ukraine and each of them can earn about $3 thousand (250 thousand rubles) per month.
Thanks to the amendments to the Communications Law, traffic coming from abroad is now controlled. Today, the problem of calls with number substitution from abroad is mostly solved. But there are other ways to organize attacks. 81% of all fraudulent calls are made via instant messengers and cloud-based automated telephone exchanges (PBX). To deceive fraudsters massively buy electronic SIM cards - eSIM. This has become a new trend that allows us to call our citizens en masse. Russian legislation provides for the possibility of purchasing SIM cards by citizens of other countries without a passport — using an ID card, and they buy hundreds of thousands of SIM cards throughout the country.
According to the Russian Interior Ministry, about a million SIM cards are sold in Russia every month, which are then used to deceive the country's citizens.
• Source: https://cyberpolice.gov.ua/news/pry...vogo-spilnyka-sudytymut-zlochynnu-grupu-6844/
