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Rising at alarming rate, the number of cyber crimes in India touches new heights this
year.
It has caused havoc in social media. Currently, the cyber crimes in India are growing at the
rate of 107 per cent. As per the findings, every month nearly 12,456 cases are registered in
India. There are many ways sensitive information is hacked as a result of cell phone usage. The
most common are due to installation of uncertified applications.,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
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According to the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), in 2016 a total of 12,187 cyber crime cases were registered all over India when compared to 11,331 cases registered in 2015. There was 20.50 per cent increase in the number of cyber crime cases in 2015 over 2014 and 6.3 per cent increase in cases in 2016 over 2015.
The cyber crime scenario in our country does not truly reflect the existing situation on the ground. According to the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), in 2016 a total of 12,187 cyber crime cases were registered all over India when compared to 11,331 cases registered in 2015. There was 20.50 per cent increase in the number of cyber crime cases in 2015 over 2014 and 6.3 per cent increase in cases in 2016 over 2015.
As far as the number of cybercrime cases is concerned, Uttar Pradesh with a figure of 2,639 registered the maximum number of cases followed by Maharashtra (2380), and Karnataka (1101). Tamil Nadu registered 172 cases in 2014 which dropped to 142 in 2015 and marginally increased to 144 in 2016. Among the Metropolitan cities, Mumbai with 980 cases stood first followed by Bengaluru 762 and Jaipur 532. Chennai city with 26 cases was ranked 16 among metros.
During my last assignment as Additional Director General of Crime Branch CID, a woman with tears in her eyes walked into my office and narrated how her husband had been ripped off Rs 45 lakh over WhatsApp, on the promise of employment in Auckland, New Zealand. In short, we detected this case and recovered a portion of the money.
During this tenure, the Cyber Cell witnessed several different types of cases including a case of child pornography where the accused was detained under the Goondas Act. The point I am trying to make here is that - Tamil Nadu state in matters of cybercrime is no different from rest of the world, social media users in Tamil Nadu are as vulnerable to cybercriminals as elsewhere and their susceptibility to cyber crimes such as cyber-stalking, harassment, hacking, spoofing, cheating, fraud, spamming, squatting, trespass, white collar crimes, embezzlement, spying, child pornography, cyber trafficking, identity theft, cyber-bullying etc. is no different from other places.
When it comes to maintenance of law and order, widespread adoption of social media in Tamil Nadu has proved to be a double-edged weapon. On one hand the social media in Tamil Nadu helped volunteers make tremendous contribution during the Chennai floods in December 2015 as well as in the aftermath of Cyclone Vardah, while on the other hand social media played a sinister role in helping expeditious dissemination of fake messages which unfortunately culminated in incidents of lynching of a few men and a spate of assaults, centred over the paranoia of child trafficking rumours in the Northern districts of Tamil Nadu.
As far as the number of cybercrime cases is concerned, Uttar Pradesh with a figure of 2,639 registered the maximum number of cases followed by Maharashtra (2380), and Karnataka (1101). Tamil Nadu registered 172 cases in 2014 which dropped to 142 in 2015 and marginally increased to 144 in 2016. Among the Metropolitan cities, Mumbai with 980 cases stood first followed by Bengaluru 762 and Jaipur 532. Chennai city with 26 cases was ranked 16 among metros.
During my last assignment as Additional Director General of Crime Branch CID, a woman with tears in her eyes walked into my office and narrated how her husband had been ripped off Rs 45 lakh over WhatsApp, on the promise of employment in Auckland, New Zealand. In short, we detected this case and recovered a portion of the money.