In 2019, the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation registered almost 300 thousand criminal offenses in the field of information technology. At the same time, the number of crimes investigated by the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs increased by 62% and exceeded 45,5 thousand. Such data the press service of the department.
According to Deputy Minister, Head of the Investigation Department of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs, Lieutenant General of Justice Alexander Romanov, the number of offenses committed in the IT environment continues to grow. In this regard, in the investigation department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and territorial preliminary investigation bodies specialized units for investigating crimes committed using information and telecommunication technologies.
Let us remind you that from January 1, 2018 amendments to the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, which provide for criminal liability for cyber attacks on the national information infrastructure. The list of critical information infrastructure objects of the state includes information and telecommunication systems, as well as automated process control systems (APCS), which are used in government agencies, healthcare, transport and communications, the credit and financial sector, the fuel and energy complex and in various industries: nuclear, defense, rocket and space, chemical and others.
The identification, prevention, suppression and detection of crimes in the IT sector is carried out by the Directorate βKβ of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia.
Source: 3dnews.ru