Global cybercrime market hit $12.5 billion in 2011, up from $1.2 billion in 2010. Russian-speaking cybercrime was a whopping $4 billion last year, according to Group-IB. Online fraud and spam are the biggest money-makers for Russian cybercrime, with online fraud at $942 million. Russian Mafia groups also are reaching out to these gangs to expand their portfolios, the report says. New Russian laws against cybercrime have made some inroads, but they are not sufficient, it says.”]
Source: https://www.darkreading.com/attacks-breaches/russian-cybercrime-doubled-last-year-to-2-3-billion