Shavkat Mirziyoyev reviewed a presentation of proposals to improve the fight against cybercrime and organized crime, as well as to increase the effectiveness of preventing crimes committed using information technology.
The meeting emphasized that cyberattacks targeting critical information infrastructure facilities, which can have serious consequences and cause significant material damage, are becoming global in scope and are also observed in Uzbekistan. This requires legal entities to continually improve the protection of their information systems, taking into account modern threats, and to pay special attention to ensuring cybersecurity.
In this regard, it has been proposed to establish administrative liability for businesses for failure to comply with information and cybersecurity requirements, regardless of whether consequences have occurred.
It is noted that this also fully applies to banks providing remote financial services, which must continually improve the protection and security measures of their systems to prevent fraud.
In particular, in previous years, due to vulnerabilities in the systems of three banks, 3,025 clients suffered material damage totaling 17 billion soums.
In light of this, an initiative has been put forward to legally establish the liability of banks, payment system operators, and payment organizations for material damage caused by cybercrimes committed due to their failure to comply with information and cybersecurity requirements.
Draft laws aimed at combating cybercrime were presented at the presentation. The President approved the proposals and issued relevant instructions to those responsible.
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