The Security Service of Ukraine and the Prosecutor General’s Office have stopped the activities of a criminal group that was gaining access to the bank accounts of Ukrainians.
The Security Service of Ukraine and the Prosecutor General’s Office have stopped the activities of a criminal group that was gaining access to the bank accounts of Ukrainians.
According to the Ministry of Digital Transformation, the fraudsters used the personal data of banking application users, their financial mobile phone numbers, passwords and authorization codes. This allowed them to enter the mobile applications of Ukrainian banks and log in to «Diya» through the BankID authorization system.
SBU officers handed over suspicions to members of the criminal group.
«The Ministry of Digital Affairs constantly cooperates with the Security Service of Ukraine and the cyber police — together we identify fraudulent schemes, track new methods of attacks, and help bring the perpetrators to justice,» the ministry noted.
Previously, push notifications about checking credit history appeared in «Diya», which can help respond in time and stop fraudsters. Since 2022, Ukrainians have received more than 75.9 million notifications, the Ministry of Digital Affairs reported.
Recall that in September, a message appeared from hacker Andriy Baranovich, better known by the nickname Sean Townsend, about a data leak from «Diya» .
«Our team conducted an investigation and determined that the distributed files are fake and do not originate from Diya’s systems and are not the result of their hacking or leakage,» the application’s press service reported.
