The scammers pirate the Ozon account in Vkontakte and launched a Phishing bulletin

“In total tonight, the attackers got access to the VK official community support service and launched a Phishing bulletin. We are aware of the situation and now access is restored, and the bulletin stops, ”said the company’s representative.

He added that Phishing messages received by users were eliminated. Ozon did not answer the question of whether the company received appeals from users who have lit harmful links.

The information about Ozon’s piracy in Vkontakte began to spread in telegram channels on the morning of January 29. In particular, the Telegram channel “Moscow now” published captures of the messages of attackers. “The scammers steal the Russians on behalf of the official Ozon channel. They send advertisements about the drawing of cash and technology awards in honor of Marketplais’s “birthday”, the channel was reported.

According to reports, to obtain an “prize” for an amount of more than 250 thousand rubles, users were invited to pay the “rate”. Customers who cross the link lost money.

According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, in January-November 2024, the Russians lost 168 billion rubles due to scammers. The number of fraudulent remote operations increased by 14.3% compared to the same 2023 period. The vice president of the Sberbank Stanislav Kuznetsov Board said that the calculations of damage to the Russians due to the actions of the cyber abusions are still Upon in 2024, but “the amount will be in the range of 250-300 billion rubles.”