She said that, despite the measures taken, the number of crimes committed using IT technologies has increased over 11 months.
“In particular, the number of thefts increased by 81.6%, unlawful acts provided for by Articles 159 (Fraud), 159.3 (Fraud using electronic means of payment), 159.6 (Fraud in the field of computer information) of the Criminal Code of Russia - by 76.1%, "TASS quotes her.
Wolf also said that the number of crimes with the use of weapons in 2020 decreased by almost 7%.
In addition, 10.1% fewer crimes were registered in public places.
Earlier, the Russian forensic scientist, information security expert Vitaly Vekhov, in an interview with Nation News, spoke about ways to protect against online fraudsters.