“In connection with the development of information and telecommunication technologies, the transition of the world economy to the digital economy, the transfer of almost all business processes to the electronic-digital sphere, the number of crimes related to the theft of personal data is increasing every day. Currently, almost all identification parameters that are necessary for the user to specify in order to gain access to their personal page, bank account are tied to personal data, ”the expert said.
According to him, the new method of identity theft is dangerous because when making payments, most often "the user is identified using his mobile phone authorized by his passport data."
According to the expert, there are technologies that allow intercepting such data on the Internet.
“At the same time, similar systems work with databases of various subscribers of cellular companies, from which, through mathematical analysis, they obtain more reliable information about the phone numbers of the user, about the binding of passport data and relevant payment tools to them. It is worth noting that this method is quite complicated in terms of criminal execution, but effective, ”concluded Vekhov.
Earlier, Izvestia reported that a new method of stealing personal data has appeared in Russia: using technology that allows you to determine the numbers of visitors who access the site from mobile devices.