Cyber Crime In India
It involves illegal or unauthorized activities that exploit technology to commit various forms of crimes.
Cybercrime covers a wide range of offenses and can affect individuals, organizations, and even governments.
Types
Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) Attacks: These are used to make an online service unavailable and take the network down by overwhelming the site with traffic from a variety of sources.
Botnets: Botnets are networks from compromised computers that are controlled externally by remote hackers. The remote hackers then send spam or attack other computers through these botnets.
Identity Theft: This cybercrime occurs when a criminal gains access to a user’s personal information or confidential information and then tries to tarnish reputation or seek a ransom.
Cyberstalking: This kind of cybercrime involves online harassment where the user is subjected to a plethora of online messages and emails.
Typically, cyberstalks use social media, websites, and search engines to intimidate a user and instill fear.
Phishing: It is a type of social engineering attack often used to steal user data, including login credentials and credit card numbers. It occurs when an attacker, masquerading as a trusted entity, dupes a victim into opening an email, instant message, or text message
Challenges Related To Cyber Security In India
Absence of Separate Procedural Code
There is no separate procedural code for the investigation of cyber or computer-related offences.
Trans-National Nature of Cyber Attacks
Most cybercrimes are trans-national in nature. The collection of evidence from foreign territories is not only a difficult but also a tardy process.
Expanding Digital Ecosystem
In the last couple of years, India has traversed on the path of digitalizing its various economic factors and has carved a niche for itself successfully.
The latest technologies like 5G and Internet of Things (IoT) will increase the coverage of the internet-connected ecosystem.
With the advent of digitalization, paramount consumer and citizen data will be stored in digital format and transactions are likely to be carried out online which makes India a breeding ground for potential hackers and cyber-criminals.
Limited Expertise and Authority
Offenses related to crypto-currency remain under-reported as the capacity to solve such crimes remains limited.
What Measures Can Be Taken To Tackle Cyber Crimes In India
Cybersecurity Awareness Campaign
The governments at various levels need to conduct massive cybersecurity awareness campaigns, regarding Cyber frauds, use strong, unique passwords, being careful using public wi-fi, etc.
Cyber Insurance
Develop cyber insurance policies that are tailored to the specific needs of different businesses and industries. Customized policies will help ensure that organizations have coverage for the most relevant cyber risks they face.
Cyber insurance provides financial coverage against losses resulting from cyber incidents and by mitigating the financial impact of these incidents, organizations can recover more quickly and continue their operations.
Data Protection Law
Data is referred to as the new currency, thus is a requirement for astringent data protection regime in India.
In this context, the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation and India’s Personal Data Protection Bill, 2019 are steps in the right direction.
Collaborative Trigger Mechanism
For a country like India where the citizenry is more vulnerable to cybercrime, there is an urgent need for a collaborative trigger mechanism.
This mechanism would bind all parties and enable law enforcers to act quickly and safeguard citizens and businesses from a fast growing menace.
In this context, the Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre will assist in centralizing cybersecurity investigations, prioritize the development of response tools and bring together private companies to contain the menace.
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