14.11.2025 17:11:00
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According to the Committee of Legal Statistics and Special Records of the General Prosecutor’s Office, 201 criminal offenses were registered in the Unified Register of Pre-trial Investigations in the first ten months of 2025 — an 86.1% increase compared to the same period in 2024.
Digital vulnerability remains a pressing issue for Kazakhstan. At the end of October, the country signed the UN Convention against Cybercrime in Vietnam. This agreement will allow Kazakhstan to cooperate more effectively with international partners in investigating cross-border cybercrimes.
The most common offenses in the field of information and communications include:
In 2025, cases of data modification or destruction rose by 61.7%, while device code changes increased 6.1 times.
Almaty (39 cases) and Astana (35 cases) recorded the highest number of cybercrimes, followed by Akmola and North Kazakhstan regions, and Shymkent.
Prosecutors report that 62% of crimes are committed by unemployed individuals, mostly men aged 21–39 with higher or specialized education.
Remarkably, four government officials were involved in cybercrimes in 2025 — three created and distributed malware, one destroyed information.
Teenagers are rarely seen in cybercrime statistics: only one case was recorded in 2021. However, recent data shows that 56% of illegal fund recipients via dropper schemes were aged 16–24. Women account for about 6% of hackers.
From January to October 2025, cybercrime damage reached 16.4 billion tenge — 29 times more than a year earlier. 99.8% of losses fell on state institutions, while businesses lost 12.8 million and citizens 20 million. Only 42.2% of damages were compensated. In 2024, losses also grew sharply — nearly 41 times compared to 2023.
Digital vulnerability remains a pressing issue for Kazakhstan. At the end of October, the country signed the UN Convention against Cybercrime in Vietnam. This agreement will allow Kazakhstan to cooperate more effectively with international partners in investigating cross-border cybercrimes.
The most common offenses in the field of information and communications include:
- unlawful destruction or modification of information;
- altering subscriber device codes to conceal location;
- unauthorized access to information and distribution of malware.
In 2025, cases of data modification or destruction rose by 61.7%, while device code changes increased 6.1 times.
Almaty (39 cases) and Astana (35 cases) recorded the highest number of cybercrimes, followed by Akmola and North Kazakhstan regions, and Shymkent.
Prosecutors report that 62% of crimes are committed by unemployed individuals, mostly men aged 21–39 with higher or specialized education.
Remarkably, four government officials were involved in cybercrimes in 2025 — three created and distributed malware, one destroyed information.
Teenagers are rarely seen in cybercrime statistics: only one case was recorded in 2021. However, recent data shows that 56% of illegal fund recipients via dropper schemes were aged 16–24. Women account for about 6% of hackers.
From January to October 2025, cybercrime damage reached 16.4 billion tenge — 29 times more than a year earlier. 99.8% of losses fell on state institutions, while businesses lost 12.8 million and citizens 20 million. Only 42.2% of damages were compensated. In 2024, losses also grew sharply — nearly 41 times compared to 2023.
