Victim of Cyber crime rise exponentially in Himachal

State Cyber Crime witness exponentially increase as large number of cases are being registered every days as man are more victim than women.
This information was given by Additional Superintendent of Police (Cyber ​​Crime) Narveer Singh Rathore in the weekly webinar of Umang Foundation on Human Rights Awareness on Monday. 
He said that investigation found that more men are victim of Cyber fraud compared to women as fraudsters care targeting them through the Internet constantly.  
In the year 2021, more than 8500 complaints of cyber crimes were registered with Himachal Police , of these, 77 per cent  complaints were from men.  
Internet and cyber security is now a fundamental right of all citizens.

Narveer Singh Rathore said that more than 72 crore people use the Internet in the country. 
Off these, 67 per cent are males and 33 per cent are females. 62 per cent of internet users are connected to social media.
 He said that the Supreme Court and other courts have made it clear that Internet access and cyber security is a fundamental right of any individual or institution. 
He also gave several measures to protect against hacking and other cyber crimes.

 He said that awareness is the biggest measure to counter the cyber crime as highly educated persons such as doctors, engineers, professors and senior officers are also among the victims of cyber fraud due to  ignorance towards cyber security issues.
 95 per cent of the criminals of cyber crimes in Himachal are located in other states or foreign countries. 
Criminalss not only create a photo of any person but also create a fake voice through artificial intelligence.
 He said that information about crimes committed through internet can be given immediately on toll free number 155260 or on WhatsApp number 9805953670 of Himachal Police.
 Cyber ​​crimes include money laundering, hacking websites and social media accounts and demanding ransom, sending or viewing nude or semi-nude photographs and videos of women and children, sending obscene messages, collecting and sending material related to national security, counterfeit train tickets or making electricity bills and other similar offences. All these are punishable offences.
 Rathore said that to commit cyber crimes, the vicious ones gain control over your data by sending many types of viruses and malware. 
He cautioned that one should be careful in using the free WiFi facility available in many places. 
Avoidd clicking on any suspicious posts or links, under no circumstances share any information related to your bank account or financial transactions with unknown person over phone or internet. 
Doing so may empty your bank account. He said that 90 per cent of the people who have been cheated are themselves guilty.

 Additional Superintendent of Police said that recently the Union Home Ministry has directed all the states to conduct cyber security awareness campaigns on a large scale, involve all sections of society, especially youth and children.
The convener of the program, Sanjeev Sharma, President of Umang Foundation, Prof.  Ajay Srivastava said that school children studying on mobile should be given information about cyber security so that vicious criminals do not exploit them.