Overview
- On October 2, the Center for Biometric Technologies said reports that a “digital copy” can secure a microloan without the person’s knowledge are false and no such service exists in Russia.
- The operator detailed multi-factor flows that include Gosuslugi authorization, live camera checks and spoken digit sequences, with liveness algorithms designed to reject prerecorded media and deepfakes.
- VTB on October 1 warned that fraudsters are collecting photos and voice samples to generate deepfakes used to deceive relatives, friends and colleagues rather than to bypass bank protections.
- The bank described collection tactics such as unsolicited video calls and requests to show a face from different angles or make simple gestures under the pretext of payments or applications.
- VTB advised not to follow suspicious links, to block camera and microphone access for unverified services, to use biometric verification only in official bank and Gosuslugi apps, and to remember that agencies do not confirm identity over video calls.