Cyber Crimes  

India ranks 10th in the list of cybercrime worldwide, according to a study published by the Department of Sociology, University of Oxford. Russia topped the list followed by Ukraine, China, and the US. 

More than 5,000 Indian nationals are trapped in Cambodia lured by fake job offers. The Indian embassy in Cambodia and local authorities are working to rescue and repatriate the individuals who were forced to perform cyber fraud. According to MEA, around 250 Indians have been rescued. 

Cyber crimes have soared in the recent past in a big way with the growth of FinTech ideas getting popular in the market. 

A staff of the Power Distribution Company of Telangana Thursday received a mail from an unknown person and when he inadvertently clicked on it, the virus (ransomware) attack took over the entire system