Amidst all the efforts of government and private service sector to promote the digital India and go paperless and go cashless the number of cases filed with police of Cyber Crime has increased exponentially.
Source: NCRB 2017 Report
Frauds related to ATM, online banking, One Time Password (OTP) under section 465, 468-471 IPC
| ATM | Online Banking Frauds | OTP Frauds | |||
| Maharashtra | 598 | Maharashtra | 345 | Madhya Pradesh | 122 |
| Bihar | 324 | Odisha | 116 | Andhra Pradesh | 62 |
| Odisha | 168 | Telangana | 111 | Telangana | 61 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 120 | Uttar Pradesh | 69 | Uttar Pradesh | 18 |
| Telangana | 56 | Gujarat | 42 | Rajasthan | 16 |
| India total | 1543 | India total | 804 | India total | 334 |
AS the numbers of cases registered are increasing the primary question rises whether the Online systems are secure or not? the Answer is simple we need to be more careful and systems are there but in 90 % cases the fraud happens due to the negligence and ignorance of users. To minimize the threat and safeguard from these fraud there are some basic and best practices which we will discuss in our next blogs.
