Hackers Cause More Financial Damage to Western States Than to Russia

© Flickr / Brian KlugAfter repeatedly mocking competitors, Hacking Team is now scrambling to alert global customers that its software has been compromised.
After repeatedly mocking competitors, Hacking Team is now scrambling to alert global customers that its software has been compromised. - Sputnik International
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The scale of financial damage caused by hackers to the targets in the Western countries is much higher than the similar damage inflicted on Russia, the deputy head of the Main Office of Security and Information Protection of Russia's Central Bank said Thursday.

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MOSCOW (Sputnik) — He added that the volume of money stolen in hacking activities in Russia was estimated at some 0.005 percent from a total amount of electronic money in Russia, while in the Western countries such a proportion was estimated at 0.09 percent.

"During the last period we can see the decline in embezzlement attempts [in Russia via hacking]… The situation in the sphere in the Western countries is much worse than we face," Artem Sychev said at the international forum for information security dubbed Infoforum-2017.

According to Sychev, Russia's authorities prevented hacking actions aimed at stealing some $50 million during 2016.

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