Russian cybercrime statistics
According to the Infiormation center of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation, 13723 computer crimes were committed in Russia last year. It makes a twofold increase over the previous number of 7052 cyber crimes in 2003.
These crimes were committed in violation of the following articles of the Russian criminal code.
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Unlawful access to computer information - 8002 crimes.
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Creation, use and distribution of malware or machine carriers with such programs - 1079.
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Violation of operation rules of computers, computer systems or networks - 11.
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Copyright and adjacent rights violation - 528.
Total losses from these crimes amounted to $8,367,595.
In the course of investigation, police distressed property of suspects totaling $6,331,609 in order to cover losses of the victims.
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Fraud – 371.
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Causing property damage by false pretences or abuse of trust – 2892.
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Illegal entrepreneurship – 5.
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Illegal obtaining and divulging of information constituting commercial, taxation and bank secrets – 480.
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Manufacture and sale of forged credit or payment cards – 1616.
Total losses caused owing to these crimes amounted to $801,751
In the course of investigation of these crimes, police distressed property of suspects totaling $1,136,656 in order to cover losses of the victims.
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Illegal distribution of porn materials and items – 335.
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Illegal distribution of porn materials and items containing child porn – 13.