Central Bank: the number of DDoS attacks on financial institutions has quadrupled

In 2022, the number of DDoS attacks on financial institutions in Russia has almost quadrupled, said Filipp Gabunia, Deputy Chairman of the Central Bank. According to him, the total number of cyberattacks increased by 2%.

“Cyber ​​incidents and cyber attacks are multiplying all over the world. We are no exception, in 2022: in general, in relation to financial organizations (the number of cyberthreats. – ed. “Interfax”) increased by 2%, DDoS attacks – almost four times, – said Gabunia at the Cyber ​​Risk Insurance session at the Cybersecurity in Finance forum in Yekaterinburg (cited by Interfax).

According to him, the demand for insurance in the field of cybersecurity is increasing.

Earlier Vedomosti with reference to the founder of Qrator Labs Alexander Lyamin wrotethat the number of DDoS attacks on Russian IT systems in 2022 increased by 73% compared to 2021. Sergey Golovanov, chief expert of Kaspersky Lab, gave a similar assessment: the increase in the number of DDoS attacks year-on-year was 60–70% . Most attacks were directed at media resources and the financial sector, in particular, payment systems and banking applications. They accounted for more than 40% of the total number of attacks, Qrator Labs analysts calculated.

At the end of 2022, the number of DDoS attacks on the media increased 30 times, on the public sector – 25 times, on the financial sector – 18 times, on telecom and insurance – 12 times, Ramil Khantimirov, co-founder and CEO of StormWall, cited data. . Also, according to him, a significant increase in attacks on other industries was recorded: retail – 8 times, entertainment and logistics – 4 times, education – 2 times.