Mobilization in Russia: As hackers punish frightened Russians on the Internet
According to cybersecurity experts, after the announcement of mobilization on the Internet appeared a huge number of phishing sites and mailing from fraudsters who offer to receive deferral, forged medical certificates, urgent assistance with moving, etc. This was facilitated by a large number of requests in Google with "Delay" and "Stock" phrases.
Director of the company "Antifishing" Sergey Voldokhin told the media that the first cases of fraud using the topic of mobilization were already known. Frightened by the prospects of going to the war, the victims buy different services from criminals, such as "exceptions from the lists of mobilized. " Most often they occur on phishing sites, but fraudsters also call Russians or their loved ones, promising "help".
In addition, on the Internet there are programs for viewing lists of mobilized or departure from the Russian Federation, which are viral. Organizations are sent letters to inform the employees' data, then simply steal. In the case of companies, such a spike is not observed, but some incidents have already happened. Experts say that any large-scale event can cause an Internet scaffold.
Against the background of socially significant events and contradictory information, people's attention becomes scattered, and decisions are more often made, based on emotions rather than logic. As a result, victims of criminals can be even those Russians who are not prone to traditional fraud. On September 21, President Vladimir Putin declared partial mobilization in Russia while appealing to the people.