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Over the past four years, Russian-speaking cybercriminals have stolen more than $ 790 million. And if you add to this all the thefts committed by them as part of the large-scale Carbanak campaign, the total amount stolen will exceed $ 1.7 billion.
This assessment was given by Kaspersky Lab experts based on the results of a study of the peculiarities of cybercrimes committed by groups from the CIS countries.
It is noteworthy that Russian-speaking cyber fraudsters operate not only on the domestic market. The zone of their interests includes, without exaggeration, the whole world. For example, the activities of several cyber groups are currently being investigated, which are actively attacking organizations both in Russia and in the USA, Great Britain, Australia, France, Italy and Germany.
The criminals' priorities are also evidenced by the fact that they received most of their dishonestly earned money, namely $ 500 million, outside the post-Soviet space.
In the period from 2012 to 2021 law enforcement agencies around the world have detained about 160 people with citizenship of Russia or neighboring countries, who are suspected of committing financial cybercrimes.
At the same time, experts believe that during these four years about 1,000 people living in the CIS countries participated in such illegal activities. Based on the data obtained in the course of investigations of financial cyber incidents, experts have established that currently there are no more than 20 leaders of various groups in the Russian-speaking cybercriminal environment. And most of them have not yet been caught.
Both individuals and organized groups, the number of which can reach 40 people, are involved in cyber theft of funds. The structure and distribution of roles in such organized cyber groups follow a strict hierarchy. In addition to purely IT professionals who are responsible for creating malicious software and setting up the infrastructure, the “staff” also includes people whose duties include stealing money (so-called floodplains) and then cashing them out or transferring them to the accounts of fraudsters (dropouts).
“Unlike many of their foreign counterparts, Russian-speaking cybercriminals do not focus only on local targets. They are indeed a global problem, and we believe that the threat posed by them will only grow in the near future. In particular, this is facilitated by the devaluation of the ruble, "said Ruslan Stoyanov, head of the computer incidents investigation department at Kaspersky Lab.
This assessment was given by Kaspersky Lab experts based on the results of a study of the peculiarities of cybercrimes committed by groups from the CIS countries.
It is noteworthy that Russian-speaking cyber fraudsters operate not only on the domestic market. The zone of their interests includes, without exaggeration, the whole world. For example, the activities of several cyber groups are currently being investigated, which are actively attacking organizations both in Russia and in the USA, Great Britain, Australia, France, Italy and Germany.
The criminals' priorities are also evidenced by the fact that they received most of their dishonestly earned money, namely $ 500 million, outside the post-Soviet space.
In the period from 2012 to 2021 law enforcement agencies around the world have detained about 160 people with citizenship of Russia or neighboring countries, who are suspected of committing financial cybercrimes.
At the same time, experts believe that during these four years about 1,000 people living in the CIS countries participated in such illegal activities. Based on the data obtained in the course of investigations of financial cyber incidents, experts have established that currently there are no more than 20 leaders of various groups in the Russian-speaking cybercriminal environment. And most of them have not yet been caught.
Both individuals and organized groups, the number of which can reach 40 people, are involved in cyber theft of funds. The structure and distribution of roles in such organized cyber groups follow a strict hierarchy. In addition to purely IT professionals who are responsible for creating malicious software and setting up the infrastructure, the “staff” also includes people whose duties include stealing money (so-called floodplains) and then cashing them out or transferring them to the accounts of fraudsters (dropouts).
“Unlike many of their foreign counterparts, Russian-speaking cybercriminals do not focus only on local targets. They are indeed a global problem, and we believe that the threat posed by them will only grow in the near future. In particular, this is facilitated by the devaluation of the ruble, "said Ruslan Stoyanov, head of the computer incidents investigation department at Kaspersky Lab.
