International cooperation will reduce the number of IT crimes

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On September 12, 2024, at a meeting with representatives of the BRICS states in charge of security issues, Vladimir Putin said: "Among the specific results of the joint work of the BRICS states, I would like to note the creation of a special electronic registry for the exchange of data on computer attacks and incidents. The approval of the decision to establish a BRICS council on terrorist financing and money laundering is in the final stage. In July, the ninth plenary session of the working group on anti-terrorism was held in Moscow with good results."

Deputy Head of the colombia whatsapp number databa se Investigative Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation Danil Filippov reported at the session "Digital Sovereignty and Security of Citizens: Legal Models" of the Eastern Economic Forum - 2024 that over the past three years, cyber fraudsters have stolen and transferred more than 350 billion rubles from Russia abroad.

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In the first seven months of 2024, the amount of damage in various sectors of the Russian Federation from IT crimes amounted to 91 billion rubles. Cybercriminals stole more than 350 billion rubles from Russians and transferred it abroad over the past three years. Experts believe that in order to reduce the number of IT crimes, it is necessary to establish cooperation between countries at the global level.

Head of the Consulting and Audit Department of AT Group (Angara Security) Alexander Khonin agreed that it is necessary to establish cooperation at the global level, when services from different countries will exchange information and make joint efforts to find and punish cyber fraudsters: "Currently, we often encounter stories when the search for such intruders goes beyond the borders of our country, where powers and opportunities end. Cyber ​​fraudsters, feeling impunity, take advantage of this. It is also necessary to note that the involvement of companies from cybersecurity can help the process of countering cybercrime. Their expertise and resources will also be useful in this difficult matter."

Sergey Golovanov, chief expert at Kaspersky Lab, also believes that international cooperation must be established to combat cross-border IT crimes: "An implemented draft UN convention against cybercrime could significantly complicate the lives of criminals by regulating the collection of real-time traffic data, prompt exchange of information, as well as freezing, seizure, and confiscation of proceeds from such offenses for participating states."

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The Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs has increased the detection rate of IT crimes
Since the beginning of 2024, the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs has registered 21 thousand crimes (7.4% more than for the same period in 2023) committed using IT technologies. During Internet monitoring, Moscow police officers identified 2092 websites through which criminal groups distributed drugs. Roskomnadzor blocked 1760 of them.

Deputy Technical Director of JSC Infozashchita (iTProtect) Evgeny Sviridov said that in the context of the fight against the cross-border nature of IT crimes and the anonymity of cyber fraudsters, there are two priority areas that allow the fight to be conducted more effectively - this is strengthening coordination between actors and developing multilateral state cooperation in the fight against such threats.

Earlier, on April 16-17, 2024, the tenth meeting of the BRICS working group on security in the field of information and communication technologies (ICT) was held in Moscow. "The event was opened by Deputy Foreign Minister of the Russian Foreign Ministry Sergey Vershinin. In addition, delegations from Egypt, Iran, the UAE and Ethiopia took part in the meeting for the first time. The next meeting of the BRICS working group will be held in 2025 under the chairmanship of Brazil," the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement.