Formulating strategy to deal with cyber crime: Rajnath Singh

Says 62,189 cyber security incidents have been reported so far this year

Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday said he has asked ministry officials to formulate an effective counter-strategy to deal with the menace of cyber crime.

"Cyber crime not only has local but global impact. I have given directives in my department to formulate an effective prevention strategy to prevent cyber crime," Singh said. 

From a mere 23 incidents of cyber crime in 2004, the number has jumped to a whooping 72,000 in the country in a decade, say reports.

In the first five-months of this year, government's cyber security arm Computer Emergency Response Team-India (CERT-In) indicates that 62,189 cyber security incidents were reported.