BAKU, Azerbaijan, August 10. Illegal actions of
international cybercriminal networks against Azerbaijan are being
prevented.
This was announced in a statement published by the press service
of the State Security Service (SSS).
According to the statement, recently, numerous violations of the
law by organized cybercriminal groups operating outside the borders
of Azerbaijan, targeting civil servants, as well as employees of
various enterprises and organizations, by creating fake social
network and instant messaging accounts using numbers belonging to
Azerbaijani mobile operators, have been recorded.
"These networks, led by foreign citizens, massively obtain
contact numbers of employees from the official websites of state
institutions, as well as enterprises and organizations, using
special computer programs, and send supposedly 'urgent' WhatsApp
messages to those numbers from fake accounts created using photos
of the heads of the relevant institutions, and direct them to
another fake account operating on behalf of law enforcement
agencies, giving instructions to transfer funds to foreign accounts
or other instructions.
Within the framework of operational-investigative measures
initiated on the existing facts, some participants in the
aforementioned criminal acts have been identified, and
international legal procedural measures have been initiated against
them.
In addition, comprehensive measures are being taken to fully expose
members of the criminal network, together with the relevant
authorities of foreign countries, as well as the security
departments and platform operators of international technology
companies to which the relevant social networks and platforms
belong.
At a time when the development of information technologies is
accompanied by wide opportunities for abuse, citizens of Azerbaijan
should be vigilant against suspicious contacts established for
criminal purposes through social networks and instant messaging
platforms and inform state authorities promptly," the statement
reads.
