In the Ivanovo region, the number of cybercrimes has sharply decreased

For ten months of 2026, 2459 crimes related to the use of IT technologies were recorded in the Ivanovo region. This is 25% less than in the same period last year.

Almost half of the total, or more precisely 44.7%, were so-called remote fraud. They counted 1,098. The total damage from the actions of attackers exceeded 416 million rubles.

Another 438 crimes, or 17.8 percent, were committed using social engineering techniques. We are talking about psychological techniques and manipulations, with the help of which criminals lure confidential information from people, the Prosecutor’s office of the Ivanovo region reported.

It is worth noting who most often became a victim. In 12.1% of cases, crimes were committed against pensioners – only 298 episodes. This is 45.3% less than in the ten months of 2025, when there were 545 such cases. In respect of minors recorded 45 crimes, which is 15.1% less than last year, when there were 53. Another 22 crimes were committed against people with disabilities, while a year earlier there were 48 such episodes, a decrease of 54.2%.