According to programmer Nikolai Tolmachev, after telling him that they were employees of the Ministry of Interior and the bank, the scammers confirmed an online loan on his behalf and then persuaded him to transfer a certain amount from the credit account to the card the alleged partner bank. That is, the attackers used social engineering to act when people were convinced of something, forced to perform some sort of operation.
What will the banks do to prevent such cases? For this, in the opinion of the Raiffeisenbank, it is necessary to increase the security of the applications and improve financial competence. Tinkoff will also work to improve its customers’ financial literacy. VTB will create a special add-on, thanks to which it will be possible to prohibit the issuing of credits in your own name in the application or online bank.
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