240 million phone numbers of Russians leaked onto the Internet in 2023 – Kommersant

In 2023, more than 290 data leaks were recorded in the Russian Federation, as a result of which attackers gained access to 240 million unique telephone numbers and 123 million e-mail addresses of Russian users, they report “News” with reference to a study by the DLBI vulnerability and data leak intelligence service.

According to the service, the most common data leaks occurred in the e-commerce sector (almost 40%), with healthcare (9%) and leisure (8.5%) also on the list of leaders. The banking industry leads in the volume of leaked information – 47% of phone numbers leaked on the Internet, e-commerce accounts for 38% of leaked email addresses.

At the same time, in Roskomnadzor voiced other numbers. According to the department, last year 168 personal data leaks were identified, resulting in more than 300 million records being made publicly available.

Last December, two bills were introduced to the State Duma to tighten the procedure for working with personal data. The first introduces turnover fines of up to 500 million rubles. for companies and individuals involved in information leaks. The second is criminal liability for disseminating such information with a maximum penalty of ten years in prison. Data operators criticize the documents for the lack of mitigating circumstances. Government agencies are drawing attention to unclear wording, refusal to support victims and the independence of the fine from the scale of the leak, and are already proposing clarifications for the second reading.

Read more in the article “Kommersant” “Personal data was taken into circulation”.

Alexander Kislov