The tremendous growth in the field of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTS) coupled with an increased frequency of use of internet for different activities has also given rise to several notorious activities

CS Professional · Forensic Audit · PYQS · December 2021
The tremendous growth in the field of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTS) coupled with an increased frequency of use of internet for different activities has also given rise to several notorious activities taking in the form of cyber-crimes. To put it layman terms, Cyber Crime is a technology based crime committed by the technocrats. In a recent data published, it is stated that. "With increasing mobile and internet penetration in the Country, Cyber Crimes have also increased proportionately. Between 2011 and 2015, more than 32,000 cyber-crimes were reported across the country. More than 24,000 of these cases are registered under the IT Act and the remaining under various sections of Indian Penal Code and other State level legislations." As per the data reported in the Report of National Crime Report Bureau, a total of 7,201 cases were registered under the Information Technology Act, 2000 (IT Act) during the year 2014 as compared to 4,356 during the previous year 2013 showing an increase of 63.3% in 2014 over 2013. Further, 77% (5,548 cases) of the total 7,201 cases under the IT Act were computer related offences (Under Section 66A, 66B, 66C, 66D and 66E of the IT Act) followed by 10.5% (758 cases out of 7,201 cases) related to Publication/transmission of Obscene/Sexually explicit content (Under Section 67A, 67B and 67C of the IT Act). Along with it, the global spam rate, malware rate and phishing rate is increasing rapidly and there is a potential impact of Cyber Crimes on the economy, consumer trust and production time. The counter measures in the form of GPRS Security Architecture, Intrusion Detection and Prevention System and Agent Based Distributed Intrusion Detection Systems have thus been employed for security purposes. In this background, answer the following questions: Explain the various types of Cyber Crimes and the modes of committing such crimes. Also indicate the laws concerning such Cyber Crimes in India.

Answer & Explanation:

Cyber crime can involve criminal activities that are traditional in nature, such as theft, fraud, forgery, defamation and mischief, all of which are subject to the Indian Penal Code. The abuse of computers has also given birth to a gamut of new age crimes that are addressed by the Information Technology Act, 2000. The Act does not define cyber crime. However, any activities which basically offend human sensibilities would come within its ambit. Cyber Crimes can be classified into three major categories: Cyber crimes against Government such as Cyber Terrorism Crime against persons such as Cyber Pornography, Cyber Stalking, Cyber defamation, etc. Crime against property such as online gambling, Intellectual Property infringement, Phishing, Credit Card Frauds, etc. There are various modes or methods by which Cyber Crime can be committed such as: Unauthorised access to computer systems or networks/hacking Theft of information contained in electronic form Email bombing Data diddling Salami attack Denial of service attack Virus/worm attack Logic bombs Internet time thefts. Chapter XI of the Information technology Act, 2000 deals with the offences and punishments for most of the cyber crimes in India.

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