Expanded against digital criminals Cyberpajs program: the Supervisory Authority for Regulated Activities (SZTFH) also joined the initiative launched last fall, announced the founders of the program.
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The Cyber Shield education and communication program was launched last November by the The National Police Headquarters (ORFK), a Hungarian Banking Associationa Hungarian National Bank (MNB), a National Media and Communications Authority (NMHH) and the National Cyber Defense Institute of the National Security Service. It was joined later Ministry of Justice which supports cooperation in the scope of victim assistance and consumer protection.
Levente Kovács, Secretary General of the Hungarian Bank Association highlighted at the press conference:
Every day in Hungary, one family loses its entire savings due to cybercriminals, and one Hungarian company suffers a serious loss in the digital space every week. In cyberspace, the weak link is most often the deceived person, so the defense is the development of the digital immune system.
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The campaign, which started in May 2023 and will last until the first quarter of 2024, focuses on financial and data protection threats.
Csaba Kandrács, vice president of the central bank informed that
the Financial Conciliation Board handles more and more cases, because the number of cyber fraud cases has increased by leaps and bounds. This year, 319 new cyber fraud cases came before the board, which is more than ten times as many as in 2018, the year of the first such cases. The board is a fast and free dispute settlement forum, an alternative to civil litigation courts, and helps to reach an agreement with the financial institution in case of a financial settlement dispute of residential customers.
In the event of a violation of the market operator’s law, the customer’s damage can thus be compensated, he explained. According to him, the methods of committing crimes are expanding, they promise fake investments by misusing the names of famous people, or cause damage to customers with unauthorized bank card transactions.
Judge Marcell, the president of SZTFH, has just joined the program said: the initiative draws attention to the risks that citizens may encounter on a daily basis.
He highlighted:
fraud was committed against 66 percent of the companies, who paid more than HUF 250 million to the fraudsters, and the recovery cost exceeded HUF 500 million in the first two months of last year, according to a research.
Last week, at the initiative of the authority, the Parliament decided to create a cyber security certificate framework. The national cyber security certification framework ensures that the SZTFH – with the exception of the military industry – formulates cyber security expectations and requirements in relation to info communication products and services, evaluates the fulfillment of these requirements, and promotes the market use of products that comply with cyber security aspects.
Lieutenant-Colonel Kristóf Gál, spokesman of the ORFK he said that the police are trying to draw attention to the widest possible range and means so that people do not become victims.
Be careful, don’t give out your personal or bank details by phone, SMS or e-mail.
At the event, the prevention short films were presented, in which the public’s attention is drawn to the most common online fraud methods in a way that can be understood.
Further collaborations with financial institutions and the authorities are also planned in order to strengthen digital security – Levente Kovács answered MTI’s question.
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