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stole millions of pounds using a simple deception scheme. Conventional robberies continue to occur today, but they are giving way to identity theft, which costs millions of dollars to combat. In recent years, Russia has become a country where the number of personal data leaks has increased several-fold, despite the strengthening of legislation in this area. The number of stolen personal data offered on the market has already exceeded the country's population.

The robbery of a mail ivory coast whatsapp resource train and the theft of £2.6 million in old banknotes (worth £46 million today) was one of the biggest robberies of the century. The crime, committed by a gang of 15 men, went down in history as the "Great Train Robbery" and continues to arouse the interest of historians, researchers and criminologists.

the owner of a small antique shop Bruce Reynolds, developed a robbery plan. It consisted of stealing worn-out banknotes that were being taken out of circulation and transported from Glasgow to London for destruction. The criminals managed to mislead the postal workers and the train security staff: having covered the green traffic light, they used a hand torch to give a red light, which led to an emergency braking of the train. The robbers were subsequently caught, but part of the stolen goods was never found.

Mail trains, of course, have long since sunk into oblivion. And although robbers still rob banks, it is information that is becoming the most important commodity that criminals hunt for. The other day, Russian media reported another leak of personal data. This time, the data of users of the Litres service leaked online. According to Telegram channels, the data of more than 3 million users of the service leaked online. The company said that they are conducting an internal investigation.

As noted in a recent study conducted by InfoWatch, the number of personal data leaks increased by 2.67 times compared to 2022 and amounted to more than 667 million units. In addition, the number of leaks of sensitive information from Russian departments increased by 2.1 times. In turn, experts from Group-IB report that criminals posted 1.4 billion lines from leaked databases of Russian companies online in 2022. According to Rostelecom, in 2022 the number of cyberattacks on the resources of various Russian government agencies increased almost 7 times.

"The hardest hit were state-owned companies and federal executive bodies, as well as news outlets, media broadcasting and geographic information systems containing personal data," noted Anton Nemkin, a member of the State Duma Committee on Information Policy, Information Technology and Communications, in a recent report.