ON THE ISSUE OF THE USE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES BY THE DEFENDANTS IN ORDER TO HIDE THE THEFT FROM THE BANK ACCOUNTS OF CITIZENS

Abstract

The article substantiates the relevance of the study of theft from Bank accounts of citizens committed using information and communication technologies. The main information and communication technologies and techniques used by criminals to disguise criminal activity are analyzed and briefly characterized. The author reveals the term "cybercrime", which reflects the main features of this phenomenon. Based on the analysis of official statistics, a significant increase in crimes in this category is exposed. Various points of view are given on the terminology concerning the concealment of the crime, as well as the masking of criminal activity by the persons involved. The main methods and techniques of masking intruders on the Internet, such as the use of virtual private networks that encrypt the transmitted data and allow you to substitute the IP address of computer devices, proxy servers, which when connected becomes an intermediary for the subscriber's access to the Internet. Attention is paid to the use of socks protocols, which allow data exchange using special protocols. Separately, we study the problems of disclosure of theft from Bank cards, which use electronic money services (Visa, QIWI, Wallet, WebMoney, Yandex Money,