“The FSSB of Russia in the Novosibirsk region together with officers of the cybercrime unit of the Main Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia in the Novosibirsk region suppressed the illegal activities of a resident of the city of Ob, who used software to steal users’ digital currency,” the press service reported.
For his criminal activity, the attacker purchased malicious programs to steal passwords from users’ computers. A criminal case has now been opened against him under the Criminal Code.. 1 tbsp. 273 of the Russian Criminal Code (creation, use and distribution of malicious computer programs);
It recently became known that illegal miners in the Irkutsk region stole electricity worth 350 million rubles. And the investigative authorities of Dagestan revealed six cases of electricity theft by miners since the beginning of 2023 – the total amount of losses amounted to 23 million rubles.