Dialogue between two friends on "Cyber Security"
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Akbar: Hello Fahad! How are you?
Fahad: Hello! I am fine. Thanks.
Akbar: You seems a little sad today? What happened?
Fahad: What should I say? Akram, my cousin, has been arrested by the police.
Akbar: Oh, What! Why?
Fahad: He is charged with cyber crimes. The police say he cheated the people by pretending to be an agent of Jazz Telecommunication Company.
Akbar: Oh! so sad to hear it. Have the police any proof?
Fahad: They have many indeed. I think they are right. He has been suspicious to me too.
Akbar: Very sad. How did he do that?
Fahad: He phoned the people and told then that he was an agent of Jazz. He asked them to tell him their OTP they had already received on their phone. In this way, He stole money from people's jazz cash account.
Akbar: Oh I see. I think phone calls frauds are not under cybercrimes rules.
Fahad: They are my dear. Any fraudulent act or deception on social media, internet, mobile phones etc all are cybercrimes.
Akbar: So, what about Akram now?
Fahad: We had applied for bail but it was rejected. I think he will be given prison punishment for two years with Rs 300, 000 fine.
Akbar: That is very tragic.
Fahad: But I think he deserved it. He looted as much as Rs 400, 000 from various people.
Akbar: O I see. I think we must be aware of such fraudulent phone calls and should report them to the company. We should not give any information to them at any cost.
Fahad: Sure. There are many types of frauds, blackmailing and threats being done through the phones and internet.
Akbar: What acts comes under cyber crimes?
Fahad: having illegal access to other social media accounts, computers, phones and laptops in order to steal personal information like pics, messages, passwords, etc. The blackmailing anyone over their sensitive information, spreading false news about someone, harassing others on the internet all comes under cyber law in Pakistan.
Akbar: Wow, I didn't know it before.
Fahad: There is a complete law for cyber crimes in Pakistan. You can record your report on FIA's website and they investigate the matter and arrest the culprits if found guilty.
Akbar: Thanks. How can we avoid such crimes?
Fahad: Well, there are no hard and fast rules. You can tighten your privacy settings, keep strong passwords on all of your accounts, do not give any personal information to anyone unless you know whom you are giving it, do not post sensitive information on social media, use some internet security program, always open only secured sites etc.
Akbar: Thanks once again. Now I have to leave.
Fahad: Thank you. bye.