According to the results of the first half of 2024, the Bank of Russia has identified and required the blocking of 24.5 thousand fraudulent Internet resources, including about a thousand Telegram channels. The Central Bank informed RIA Novosti about this.
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In 2023, the regulator began blocking more than 38 thousand fraudulent resources, of which 4.5 thousand were social media pages, 35 thousand applications and more than 1.5 thousand Telegram channels. The Central Bank noted that it is sending data on fraudulent resources to the Prosecutor General’s Office and domain name registrars for blocking.
Previously, FACCT (formerly Group-IB) experts reported that in 2024 they recorded a sharp increase in the activity of investment fraudsters. The number of domains associated with this activity increased by 25% compared to 2022 and reached 10 thousand.
According to the results of the second quarter of 2024, fraudsters stole a record 4.8 billion rubles from Russians’ bank accounts, the Central Bank reported. According to the regulator, 15.8 billion rubles were stolen for the whole of 2023 – this is the maximum amount for the period of statistics.
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