The Russian central bank warned of a new form of fraud in the form of letters offering to obtain the map does not exist “The World.” Within the letters is an attachment with a virus. The main part of the virus was sent letters on behalf of the “Savings Bank” in the case of opening it possible to obtain personal data of customers, according to “Rossiyskaya Gazeta” . The Bank of Russia considers such distribution as a new type of fraud, and calls on citizens to be vigilant, the press service of the regulator.
The press release says that the scammers advertise description of the possibilities of new domestic credit cards, including direct access to cryptocurrency, and offer to fill the “entry form” for the card. Available in investing enables you to download the code to the client computer malware to gain access to sensitive data – login and password.
Until now, this type of fraud bankers are not met. “The scenarios are constantly changing. Among the most popular types of fraud today – sending of SMS messages on behalf of the bank with a demand to immediately repay the loan – said the director of management for monitoring of e-business,” Alpha-bank “Alexey tops. – Involvement of the NBTS, which attracted the attention of in the establishment after the imposition of sanctions in 2014, and caused a noise in the nationwide voting for the brand, it is quite logical. ”
Message Central Bank has become, according to the newspaper “Kommersant” , the first public result of the work of the newly established center at the Central Bank to respond to cyber threats. However, efficiency does not guarantee the absence of problems, depending on the mass mailing to get a virus through email could catch many Russians.
RBC reports that the press service of the “Savings Bank” has declared innocence: the organization has no relation to the sending of this information.
“This method is based on trust in the brand, used by hackers to infect your computer with a virus or receipt of confidential customer information needed to carry out the fraudulent transfer of funds: the card number, expiration date and one-time SMS-password to accept the transfer “- said in comments to the press service.
Recall the beginning of the release of the national payment card is scheduled for December 2015. The idea of creating Russia’s payment system, which unites the majority of Russian banks that will issue credit cards of this payment system, emerged in the past year due to the introduction of Western sanctions against Russia.
Then, Visa and MasterCard stopped servicing cards issued by Russian banks, which come under the sanctions. At first, the Russian leadership to think about attraction as the operator NPS operating payment systems – UEC or “Golden Crown”, but then decided that the system should be done from scratch.
In October, deputies amended the law on the national payment system, which showed that international players have to either work through the NBTS or make a security deposit with the Central Bank.
In the first phase (2014 – I quarter 2015) is developing technologies for the processing of card transactions and payment systems, including the international Visa and MasterCard.
In the second phase (in 2015), the system plans to release its own payment card. In the third phase (2016-2018 years) NBTS intends to develop a product line based on their cards (debit, credit and prepaid cards) and offer it to the Russian and international markets.
As expected, the national card is accepted throughout the territory of Russia and allows to perform all typical operations: withdraw cash, pay for purchases in retail chains, carry out contactless and mobile payments.
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