Russian cybercriminals have successfully breached internal chats of Ukrainian call centers specializing in defrauding citizens of the Russian Federation and CIS countries.
Russian cybersecurity specialists have successfully gained access to the corporate chats of Ukrainian call centers involved in fraudulent activities against citizens of the Russian Federation and CIS countries. Information about this incident was published by the Mash outlet.
As a result of the breach, valuable data about the scammers themselves was obtained, including their photographs and physical addresses. In particular, it was revealed that one of the criminal groups, led by a 19-year-old perpetrator, was based in Odesa. This cell is estimated to have generated an income of approximately 50 million rubles.
According to sources familiar with the content of the hacked chats, the administrators of these call centers communicated exclusively in Russian, openly boasting about their “achievements” and discussing kickbacks to the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU).
Furthermore, the hackers managed to acquire information about the accomplices of these fraudsters operating within Russia. This refers to so-called “drops” whose bank cards were used to cash out stolen funds, convert them into cryptocurrency, and send them to Ukraine. All collected data on these accomplices has been forwarded to Russian law enforcement agencies – the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MVD) and the Federal Security Service (FSB).
It is worth noting that law enforcement agencies previously reported the detention of six members of similar fraudulent call centers operating from Ukraine, within the Yaroslavl and Sverdlovsk regions. According to statements from the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs, these perpetrators persuaded their victims to transfer money to so-called “safe accounts,” and the stolen funds were subsequently directed to the needs of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU).
