The explosively growing digital world has become very attractive to cybercriminals. Attackers use sophisticated tricks or promises to scam money or valuable financial information. Yet it's hard to believe that fraudsters are now working on an industrial scale to cause us harm – until, that is, we get personally affected.
In recent days, a successful international police operation in Latvia and Lithuania has seen 108 people arrested for a multi-million Euro call centre scam.
A short video produced by the authorities on closing down fraudulent call centres:
Domestic authorities and experts in the banking sector are also closely monitoring current cyber risk factors and suspicious acts. Hungarian victims have also been at the receiving end of fraudulent cross-border calls. Be especially careful if a bank or some other official contacts you and asks you for information with an accent, using an unusual dialect or incorrect technical terms!
8 April 2022