Russia's Interior Ministry Warns of Personalized Fraud Attacks
Russia's Interior Ministry stated that fraudsters have begun studying victims' interests, social media activity, and family circumstances in order to carry out targeted attacks.
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Fraudsters have begun scrutinizing potential victims more closely before launching attacks, gathering information about their interests, social media activity, and family circumstances, the press center of Russia's Interior Ministry said, as reported by Kommersant citing TASS.
According to the ministry, this approach allows criminals to craft more convincing and personalized deception scenarios, increasing the likelihood that victims will believe the contact is legitimate.
The ministry's statement did not specify which schemes or amounts of financial damage were involved, nor did it provide statistics on the number of such cases in recent times.
Cybersecurity experts have repeatedly noted that the growing use of open data from social networks makes it easier for fraudsters to carry out targeted attacks on specific individuals. The ministry did not state what prevention or countermeasures it plans to implement in response to this trend.
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