subject: How To Fight It? [print this page] Unfortunately, there are some problems with law in this sphere. Today there are no rules on placing information on the Internet. If we find terrorist and extremist websites in Russia we turn to ISPs warn them and ask to take measures to restrict access to such data. Usually ISPs do it, therefore our bureau obtains necessary means to block such websites, but there is no law prescribing such procedure. In this relation the agencys hands are tied. However we introduced a row of legal initiatives concerning similar problems to the State Duma, with which we tightly cooperate. I wont dwell on them, let me bring only few offers. For example we would like to exclude anonymity when signing agreements on telecommunication services with ISPs. Besides according to the Communication Law of the Russian Federation, the agreement should contain an obligatory clause prescribing that the ISP may unilaterally terminate an agreement basing on the motivated written ruling of law enforcement.
What cybercrimes are committed most often?
Extremely variable computer scams: fake proposals of goods and services, hacker attack services, scams related to payment cards and accounts of electronic payment systems. 450 crimes were countered last year. 43% of victims are users of online auctions who prepay very low price goods. The other crimes are related to so-called black brides. Such crime was revealed by our officers this spring. Group of fraudsters on behalf of a girl-inhabitant of Yoshkar-Ola engaged a messaging with a German engineer who searched for a bride on the Internet. Scam artists sent a picture of a famous ballet dancer Anastasiya Volochkova. They using different pretexts fished 26 thousand EUR out of the future groom. Then the bride vanished. After the engineer informed the local department K, the group of nine scam artists was revealed. The number of fake deals through the Internet shops is growing, where the payment is processed by the systems of WebMoney. New methods of electronic blackmail appeared. For example one airlines company received an e-mail threatening that terrorists would blow their airplane if the stated in the e-mail sum wasnt transferred to the stated account. Our officers managed to find and arrest criminals quickly, besides they were in the other region. They were punished. Not all frauds are committed with the help of the Internet. Last time, blackmail over cell phones acquired large scales. One scam artist called the victim chosen before and told that his relative became the participant of car accident with lethal consequence, but the investigator could burke the case for some sum. Accomplice is an intermediary, the money should be brought through him. There are some other ways: money transfer, payment cards. People plunged in grief often give thousands and tens of thousands USD. Mostly con artists are former or present convicts, acting through free accomplices. These people often manage to insinuate theirselves into victims confidence. Recently we disclosed such group counting five recidivists. These criminal incomes form a collective criminal cash fund. We have already developed an algorithm to reveal malefactors. As the percentage of revealed cases grows, these crimes will less profitable and in some time disappear. Such trend was with backstreet units of phone telecommunications.
What does the term cyberterrorism mean?
First of all we mean use of Internet to recruit new members, placing information targeted on stirring up national hatred and racial intolerance. Mostly support of terrorist and extremist websites is carried out from abroad. 85% of such resources are not within Russia. It is very easy to create a website in any country. It takes about 50 minutes and some money. It is possible to register the website at any name and to place on it any information. For example it is possible to find websites offering hitman services, saying nothing of ways to produce drugs and bombs.
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