The number of IT-crimes in Russia for six months increased by more than 90%

According to her, the growth of IT crime remains a significant factor that has a negative impact on the criminal situation.

“For the first half of the year it amounted to 91.7% compared with the same period last year, and the proportion of these illegal acts in the overall structure of crime reached 22.3%,” said Volk.

In June, Deputy Security Council President Dmitry Medvedev said that over the past five months the number of crimes using the Internet, information technology, and mobile communications has amounted to more than 180 thousand.