- The Sustainability Report of the-IB Group reveals significant savings in emissions
- The fight against cyber crime, as expected, helps reduce emissions
- This comes at a time when technological emissions are at its highest point
Combating cyber crime and the dismantling of malicious networks is having a surprising effect on the elimination of harmful emissions, said new investigation.
The Sustainability Report of the IB-S Group has revealed that the organization’s work by dismantling cyber crime networks and eliminating criminal control over corrupt computers has caused 10k TCO₂E in emissions
This is the equivalent of a gasoline car that travels up to 52 million kilometers, or carbon captured by 48,000 plant seedlings grown for ten years, or 22.4 m kWh unnecessary consumption of electricity.
Technological sustainability concerns
In 2024, Group IB contributed to the efforts and operations of the application of the local and international law to dismantle 207,442 computers compromised and eliminated them from criminal control.
Along with this, more than $ 2.7 billion were avoided in social engineering losses, and 65 million potential victims were protected, as well as 1,221 arrested criminals.
This occurs at a time when emissions are under significant scrutiny, since AI developments and data centers have led to a serious increase in technological sector emissions, which now represents 3% of world carbon production, which is expected to increase up to 13% by 2030.
“Cybersecurity must safeguard more than the data: it must safeguard our shared future,” Anastasia Komissarova, CEO attached to Group-IB, said.
With the energy consumption of the data centers now equivalent to the total use of energy in Japan, and Google data centers have only used more than four billion gallons of water only in 2021, it is easy to see why technology companies are so anxious to demonstrate that any sustainability gains.
“We are refining our product architecture to reduce energy use, boost offices with renewable energies, deploy ia only under strict ethical and privacy controls, and shape a workplace where various talents can excel,” Komissarova added.
“By making our progress public, our goal is to demonstrate that innovation, security and sustainability can advance together and raise the ribbon for the entire cybersecurity industry.”
