Four detained for cyber crime in Tbilisi and Batumi
The Ministry of Internal Affairs says that the institution will continue to fight against cyber crime in order to ensure security of the personal information. Photo: CPO Magazine.
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Police have detained four persons for cyber crime in Tbilisi and Batumi, says the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
Detainees illegally used personal information of 13 people to illegally access their internet bank and online gambling accounts and stole 42,000 GEL ($14,756/€13,014) in total.
The police have detained E.V. and D.Tch. born in 1989. The investigation discovered that they have deceptively gained personal information and the numbers of bank cards from two citizens; then using their names they took loans from one of the commercial banks. After that, they have sent sums to other bank accounts. The total amount of money they gained by the scheme is 20,000 GEL ($7,027/€6,197).
Two persons, G.B. born in 1999 and R.K. born in 1996 are also detained for unauthorized access to a computer system and the stealing of money.
The investigation discovered that R.K. have been using computer systems in one of the internet cafes in Batumi from December 4 to January 21 and illegally gained personal information of 11 citizens. Particularly the detainee illegally gained usernames and passwords of their online gambling accounts. R.K. have illegally gained money from these persons’ bank accounts and sent to the bank account of G.B. Both detainees have gained 22,000 GEL ($7,729/€6,817) in total.
The police have seized about 1,000 citizens' usernames, passwords and other kind of personal information while checking the house of R.K.
The investigation continues to discover other people which may be also victims of the cyber crimes of these detainees.
The Ministry of Internal Affairs says that the institution will continue to fight against cyber crime in order to ensure security of the personal information.
The US condemns Russia’s ‘widespread disruptive cyber attack against Georgia,' carried out in October 2019, the press office of US State Secretary Mike Pompeo said earlier today.
The Georgian Foreign Ministry has stated that on October 28, 2019, the Russian General Staff Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU) Main Center for Special Technologies carried out a ‘widespread, disruptive cyber attack’ against web pages and servers of Georgian governmental agencies, court and media organisations.“The attack caused serious damage to the web pages and servers. The cyberattack aimed to undermine Georgia’s national security, harming the Georgian population, disrupting the functioning of government agencies, as well as various organizations, and stirring commotion in public."
Georgia has been ranked ninth in Europe in the Global Cybersecurity Index (GCI) 2018, which is a composite index produced, analysed and published by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) to measure the commitment of its 194 member states to cybersecurity in order to raise cybersecurity awareness.
Georgian Interior Minister Giorgi Gakharia claims that a cyber-attack on the leading Georgian bank TBC was identified and responded to several weeks before the address of bank officials.
Police have detained a Georgian citizen for cyber crimes in Tbilisi, Interior Ministry reported yesterday. The ministry said the individual, identified only as A.B. and born in 2000, fraudulently accessed the Facebook accounts of 25 people between December 2019 and May 2020.
The Division for the Fight Against Cybercrime has detained two individuals for cybercrime in Georgia’s western Ozurgeti municipality, reports the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
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Two individuals have been sentenced to seven years and six months in prison by Tbilisi City Court on charges of money laundering, illegal access to computer systems and theft.