The number of cybercrimes has increased over the past 3 years by multiple folds, announced at a press conference at AIMC with the participation of employees of the Cybersecurity Center of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
According to the Rasmiy Khabarlar channel, there are more than 25 million Internet users in Uzbekistan. The results of the analysis show that today in the country there is an upward trend in cybercrime.
The number of cybercrimes has increased several times over the past 3 years. In particular, a number of the following types of cybercrime are observed:
- obtaining access to confidential user data by conducting mass mailings of emails on behalf of popular brands, as well as personal messages within various services, for example, on behalf of banks or within social networks, under the pretext of making payments, presenting prizes (phishing);
- extortion (cyber extortion) through the threat of possession and disclosure of personal information;
- intimidation using violence, insults (cyberbullying), etc. in social networks.
