Turkish police have noted a rise in cybercrime amid a rise in the number of Russian hackers in the country. According to the department, the relocated programmers associated with local attackers.

FT: Number of cybercrimes has increased in Turkey amid influx of programmers from Russia

Turkish police sources and cybersecurity experts told the Financial Times that some of the Russians who arrived after the mobilization was announced began engaging in online fraud, partnering with local cybercriminals to launder their income and sell their information.

The newspaper’s sources claim that Russian hackers hack computers and steal card data around the world and then sell the stolen data on the European market. According to the Turkish police, the attackers use sophisticated camouflage methods and try not to attack the Turks so as not to attract the attention of local authorities.

However, Turkish police launched an investigation due to a significant increase in cybercrimes over the past year. Furthermore, according to Financial Times interlocutors, organized Russian-Turkish groups over the past month have begun to undermine the monopoly of Russian and Belarusian hacker groups.

The newspaper’s cybersecurity source joined one of the Telegram groups where Russian and Turkish hackers share their experiences and exchange stolen information. During his surveillance, he watched as the Russians trained Turkish attackers to collect large amounts of data.

Turkish cybercriminals, in turn, used contacts in Western Europe and, in particular, Germany to sell the information received at a high price.

Earlier this month it emerged that amid the increasing number of cyberattacks on Russian companies, demand for services to investigate such incidents has increased. Sales of solutions for monitoring and analyzing hacker attacks increased by 20% to 40%, up to 15 billion rubles.

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Author:

Akhmed Sadulayev

Source: RB

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