Lodging complaints against cyber crimes, online abuse, and cyber fraud is soon to become a whole lot easier in India as the home ministry is about to launch an online cybersecurity portal for the same. According to a recent report from PTI, a Ministry of Home Affairs official has revealed that the portal will allow citizens to register complaints, post videos and other online content to help law enforcement agencies in taking action against cyber criminals, those spreading pornographic or hateful content as well as for tracking financial fraud.
The report highlights that during 2014-16 around 1,44,496 cyber security attacks took place in the country and according to the National Crime Record Bureau 5,693, 9,622 and 11,592 cyber crime cases were registered in 2013, 2014 and 2015, respectively. Cyber crime in India is on the rise and has seen a 69% rise from 2013 to 2014 and a 20% rise from 2014 to 2015.
