Sberbank: damage from cyber attacks will rise to 1.5 trillion rubles in two years
After two years, the financial losses of Russians from the actions of hackers will increase fourfold, said Stanislav Kuznetsov, deputy chairman of the board of Sberbank. The number of cybercrime grows by 3-4% monthly. At the same time, fraudsters are also interested in other financial institutions, from casinos to stockbrokers.
Hacker activity is growing
In the next two years, the damage from cyber attacks in Russia will increase by 4 times, predicted Stanislav Kuznetsov, deputy chairman of the board of Sberbank. According to him, the losses from the actions of hackers will reach 1.5 trillion rubles.
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In the world, the number of crimes involving hackers increases every month by 3-4%. Last year alone, 40 million fraudsters spent 600 million cyber attacks.
A year earlier, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev estimated the global damage from cybercrime at $ 0.5 trillion. However, the exact figure is difficult to call - the victims do not report on many cases of attacks.
According to Kuznetsov, Russia causes special interest among hackers - digital technologies are actively developing in the country, especially in the banking sector.
Most often, individuals are hit by fraudsters - it’s easier for them to lure out the data necessary to withdraw money from a card. Usually criminals steal information through the phone or social network. This method is used in 45% of all cybercrime cases.
But business is also at risk - 70% of Russian companies use Internet banking. This makes them vulnerable to hacker attacks.
Recently, members of one of the groups that stole money from companies' accounts were detained . In March 2015, fraudsters from the Sverdlovsk region stole 1 million rubles from the accounts of a company providing mobile payment services in Mordovia. Hackers broke into one of the company's computers and, having stolen the data, transferred the money to their bank accounts.
In December 2015, they decided on a larger crime and stole 60.5 million rubles from the bank. Fraudsters used the same work pattern. The accomplices helped them, to detain which so far it was not possible.
Not only banks
Hackers continue to attack finance, and attacks are becoming more sophisticated. For example, cybercriminals entered the network of one of the American casinos through a “smart” aquarium, and in early July, hackers first blackmailed and then attacked brokers in Malaysia.
If we talk about the security of a brokerage account of a particular person in comparison with a bank account, then the likelihood of hacking exists always - theoretically, an attacker can access it by stealing encryption keys and a password (for example, using a spyware program).
At the same time, it will be much more difficult to withdraw and withdraw funds - the fraudster will have to start manipulating the securities, selling or buying them from the victim’s brokerage account at unprofitable prices. However, this requires serious skills in financial markets that most hackers do not possess. The exchanges today limit the maximum range of price fluctuations during one trading session, so that an attacker is unlikely to be able to “withdraw” any serious amount from his account.
In addition, to minimize potential damage, brokerage companies are developing various customer protection systems. How this protection is implemented in the ITinvest MatriX trading terminal can be found here .
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Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/341444/
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