Author: Tanya Puri, Student at Amity University, Noida
Co-Author: Dr. Prabhdeep Kaur, Assistant Professor, Amity University, Noida
ABSTRACT
The global village of the future has the Internet as its town square. The Internet has now connected us all, just like neurons in a massive brain. Indeed, the internet has become both a blessing and a curse for modern society. These days. Furthermore, as the requirement for the internet grows, safeguarding our data and information has also become essential. Regardless of whether you own a company, are a regular internet user, or something else entirely, you should know how to reduce risks, dangers, and cybercrime. You should also be proactive, vigilant, and aware of cybercriminals. Technology has advanced to the point where man now depends entirely on the Internet for his necessities. Man may now easily access everything while seated in one location thanks to the internet. The internet can be used for social networking, online shopping, data storage, gaming, online education, online employment, and anything else that comes to mind. Almost every field makes use of the internet. The idea of cybercrimes evolved along with the internet and its associated advantages. Cybercrimes can take many different shapes. Prior to a few years ago, people were unaware of the crimes that could be performed online. India is not far behind other nations in terms of cybercrimes, where the frequency of these crimes is likewise rising daily. The most recent government statistics indicates that the number of cybercrime cases in India increased dramatically by 63.5% in 2019. According to data from the National Crime Record Bureau (NCRB), there were 44,546 recorded cases of cybercrimes in 2019 compared to 28,248 in 2018. Karnataka (12,020) had the greatest number of recorded cybercrime cases, closely followed by Uttar Pradesh (11,416), Maharashtra (4,967), Telangana (2,691), and Assam (2,231). 78% of cybercrimes in the Union Territories were reported from Delhi.
Keynotes: Definition, Types, Instances, And Prevention of Cybercrime.
