On January 12, 2024, at VSMU, within the framework of the Council of the Faculty of Medicine, a meeting was held with employees of the Office of the Investigative Committee of the Republic of Belarus for the Vitebsk Region on the topic “Combating cybercrime: how to

The Deputy Head of the Office of the Investigative Committee of the Republic of Belarus for the Vitebsk Region, Colonel of Justice Andrei Gushcha, Investigator for Particularly Important Cases of the Digital Development Department of the Preliminary Investigation of the Office of the Investigative Committee of the Republic of Belarus for the Vitebsk Region, Lieutenant Colonel of Justice Andrei Erashov, introduced those present to the existing types of cybercrimes and the scheme for acquiring personal data of citizens, what you need to pay attention to when making purchases in online stores, the mechanism of action and tactics of psychological influence of scammers during phishing and vishing.

It was noted that the detection of cybercrimes is growing, however, the schemes of fraudsters are becoming more sophisticated. Be carefull!