The National Cyber Crime Reporting portal is a citizen-centric initiative that enables citizens to report cybercrimes online
The national capital in 2021 witnessed a 111 per cent increase in the cyber crimes as compared to the previous year with the NCRB data citing sexual exploitation to be the motive behind maximum number of cases. According to the National Crime records Bureau data for the year 2021, most of these cases involved online fraud, online harassment, publication of explicit content etc. The increase comes despite the Delhi Police having a separate wing for cyber crime as well as a social media centre Over 356 cases of cyber crime were reported last year in which most of the offenders were booked for publication and transmission of sexually explicit content. An analysis of the data showed that common motives for the crimes were fraud, sexual exploitation, and extortion. Most of the complainants were women or minors aged between 12-17. We have been registering more cases online after COVID. We have seen an increase in financial fraud and sextortion cases, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Cybe
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He said that there are only a few Indian companies who are making some of the cyber security products and there is a big vacuum in the sector
Only complaints filed under 'Report Other Cyber Crime' section can be withdrawn before it is converted into FIR
Prasad said the government was working with the Interpol and CBI to identify sites that had child pornographic material, something which is 'totally condemnable'