The Department of Digital Educational Technologies of Bukhara State University warns of the following based on the letter of the Ministry of Internal Affairs No. 16/k1-13252 dated October 17, 2024.
The letter emphasizes that recently there have been cases of Internet fraudsters using new methods of committing crimes, and that such crimes are mainly aimed at persons holding high positions in the system of state administration bodies, creating serious threats to the interests of individuals and society by using their open information on the Internet.
The letter also warns of the possibility of opening profiles/accounts in the name of senior officials via the Internet and social networks (mainly the “Telegram” messenger) or hacking into personal pages and giving orders to subordinates for material or non-property benefits.
Based on the ministerial directive, the Department of Digital Education Technologies considers it appropriate to implement the following measures to prevent these negative situations:
First, to warn the University's education administration, all management staff, employees of departments, centers, divisions and units, faculty and department employees and professors about this type of fraud and increase their vigilance:
Secondly, raise employee awareness of protection against malicious links coming through social media:
Thirdly, take measures to increase the cyber literacy of each employee and form a culture of "cyber hygiene" among them:
Department of Digital Educational Technologies
