- The report on the sustainability of the group-IB reveals an important economy of emissions
- The fight against cybercrime helps no surprise to reduce emissions
- This happens at a time when technological emissions are at a top of all time
The fight against cybercrime and the dismantling of malicious networks have a surprising effect on the suppression of harmful emissions, said new research.
The IB-S group’s sustainability report revealed that organizational work in the dismantling of cybercrime networks and the deletion of criminal control on corrupt computers caused a 10K TCO₂E in the emissions
This is the equivalent of a gasoline car covering up to 52 million kilometers, or the carbon captured by 48,000 plants of cultivated trees for ten years – or 22.4 m of kWh of useless electricity consumption.
Concerns of technological sustainability
In 2024, the group-IB contributed to the local and international efforts and operations of the application of laws to dismantle 207,442 compromised computers and removed them from criminal control.
In addition to this, more than $ 2.7 billion was prevented in social engineering losses, and 65 million potential victims were protected, as well as 1,221 criminals arrested.
This occurs at a time when emissions are in the process of being controlled, because the developments of the AI and the data center have led to a serious increase in emissions from the technological sector, now representing 3% of world carbon production, which is expected to reach up to 13% by 2030.
“Cybersecurity must protect more than data – it must protect our common future,” said Anastasia Komesarova, assistant CEO of the IB group.
With the energy consumption of the data centers approximately roughly for the total energy consumption of Japan, and the Google data centers alone used more than four billion gallons of water in 2021 – it is easy to see why technological companies are so eager to prove victories in sustainability.
“We refine our product architecture to reduce energy consumption, fuel offices with renewable energies, the deployment of AI only under strict ethical controls and shame a workplace where various talents can excel,” added Komissarova.
“By making our progress public, we aim to prove that innovation, security and sustainability can progress together and increase the bar of the entire cybersecurity industry.”
