In 2024, 3.2 billion spam and fraudulent calls were blocked in Russia; This figure is 48% more than the previous year. socialbites.ca was informed about this by the press service of MTS.
The data is provided by the “Defender” operator service. The most blocking occurred in Moscow and the Moscow region (16.05%). These are St. Petersburg and Leningrad region (6.27%), Krasnodar region (6%), Novosibirsk region (3.81%), Bashkortostan Republic (3.75%), Rostov region (3.33%), Sverdlovsk region (2%) ,63) follows. ), Republic of Tatarstan (2.57%) and Samara region (2.02%).
Fraudsters mostly disguised themselves as employees of mobile operators (77%), social services, pension funds and tax authorities (9%), banks (5%) and other organizations.
“Leaks of personal data, including phone numbers, are occurring more and more frequently,” comments Andrey Biychuk, manager of the Defender product. “We are constantly improving our anti-spam solutions to protect users from fraud and create a safe digital environment.”
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Source: Gazeta
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