(a), (b) and (c): There are adequate legal provisions to deal with prevalent cyber crimes. As per information provided by National Crimes Record Bureau (NCRB), a total of 9622, 11592 and 12317 cases were registered under total cyber-crimes (involving computer as medium or target) in the country during 2014, 2015 and 2016 respectively. State/UT-wise cases registered under cyber-crimes during 2014-2016 is enclosed as Annexure-I. Latest available data pertains to the year 2016. Head-wise cyber crime cases registered, cases charge-sheeted, cases convicted, persons arrested, persons charge-sheeted and persons convicted under various sections of IT Act, Indian Penal Code (IPC) and Special Act and Local Laws (SLL) during 2014-2016 is enclosed as Annexure-II. Data related to losses incurred are not maintained by NCRB.
(d): No, Sir.
(e): Does not arise.
(f): Government has taken a number of legal, technical and administrative measures to prevent cyber crimes. These inter alia, include:
(i) Enactment of the Information Technology (IT) Act, 2000 which has adequate provisions for dealing with prevalent cyber crimes.
(ii) Cyber Crime Cells have been set up in all States and Union Territories for reporting and investigation of cyber crime cases.
(iii) Government has established National Critical Information Infrastructure Protection Centre (NCIIPC) as per the provisions of Section 70A of the IT Act, 2000 for protection of critical information infrastructure in the country.
(iv) The Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) issues alerts and advisories regarding latest cyber threats and countermeasures on regular basis. CERT-In has published guidelines for securing IT infrastructure, which are available on its website (www.certin.org.in).
(v) Government has set up cyber forensic training and investigation labs in the States of Kerala, Assam, Mizoram, Nagaland, Arunachal Pradesh, Tripura, Meghalaya, Manipur and Jammu & Kashmir for training of law enforcement personnel and Judiciary in these States.
(vi) RBI, vide its circular on “Cyber Security Framework in Banks”, has advised banks to report all unusual cyber security incidents to RBI. RBI reviews cyber security developments and threats on an ongoing basis and takes necessary measures to strengthen the cyber-resilience of banks. RBI has also advised banks to take necessary preventive and corrective measures address various types of cyber-threats. Caution advices are also issued as and when necessary for preventing and controlling frauds.
(vii) Government has formulated Cyber Crisis Management Plan for countering cyber attacks for implementation by all Ministries/ Departments of Central Government, State Governments and their organizations and critical sectors. Regular workshops are conducted for Ministries, Departments, States & Union Territories and critical organizations to sensitize them about the cyber security threat landscape and enabling them to prepare and implement the Cyber Crisis Management Plan.
(viii) Government has launched the Cyber Swachhta Kendra (Botnet Cleaning and Malware Analysis Centre). The centre is providing detection of malicious programs and free tools to remove the same for banks as well as common users.
(ix) Cyber security exercises are being conducted regularly to enable assessment of cyber security posture and preparedness of organizations in Government and critical sectors. 30 such exercises have so far been conducted by CERT-In wherein organisations from different sectors such as Finance, Defence, Power, Telecom, Transport, Energy, Space, IT/ITeS etc. participated.
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Annexure-I
State/UT-wise Cases Registered under Cyber-Crimes during 2014-2016
SL State/UT 2014 2015 2016
1 Andhra Pradesh 282 536 616
2 Arunachal Pradesh 18 6 4
3 Assam 379 483 696
4 Bihar 114 242 309
5 Chhattisgarh 123 103 90
6 Goa 62 17 31
7 Gujarat 227 242 362
8 Haryana 151 224 401
9 Himachal Pradesh 38 50 31
10 Jammu & Kashmir 37 34 28
11 Jharkhand 93 180 259
12 Karnataka 1020 1447 1101
13 Kerala 450 290 283
14 Madhya Pradesh 289 231 258
15 Maharashtra 1879 2195 2380
16 Manipur 13 6 11
17 Meghalaya 60 56 39
18 Mizoram 22 8 1
19 Nagaland 0 0 2
20 Odisha 124 386 317
21 Punjab 226 149 102
22 Rajasthan 697 949 941
23 Sikkim 4 1 1
24 Tamil Nadu 172 142 144
25 Telangana 703 687 593
26 Tripura 5 13 8
27 Uttar Pradesh 1737 2208 2639
28 Uttarakhand 42 48 62
29 West Bengal 355 398 478
TOTAL STATE(S) 9322 11331 12187
30 A & N Islands 13 6 3
31 Chandigarh 55 77 26
32 D&N Haveli 3 0 1
33 Daman & Diu 1 1 0
34 Delhi UT 226 177 98
35 Lakshadweep 1 0 0
36 Puducherry 1 0 2
TOTAL UT(S) 300 261 130
TOTAL (ALL INDIA) 9622 11592 12317
Source: Crime in India
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Annexure-II
Crime Head-wise Cases Registered (CR), Cases ChargeSheeted (CCS), Cases Convicted (CV), Persons Arrested (PAR), Persons Chargesheeted (PCS) and Persons Convicted (PCV) under Cyber Crimes during 2014-2016
SL CrimeHead 2014 2015 2016
CR CCS CV PAR PCS PCV CR CCS CV PAR PCS PCV CR CCS CV PAR PCS PCV
1 IT - Tampering computer source documents 89 18 0 64 19 0 88 36 2 62 54 2 78 32 1 66 43 1
2 IT - Computer Related Offences (Section 66 and Section 66B to 66E) 5548 1094 40 3131 1407 44 6567 1841 159 4217 2558 207 6818 2018 134 4674 2579 172
2.1 Computer Related Offences-Under Section 66 4192 860 38 2423 1125 42 4154 1510 143 3137 2104 179 3321 1453 119 2792 1807 150
2.2 Computer Related Offences-Under Section 66B 82 27 0 53 30 0 132 38 3 91 49 3 196 52 1 150 58 1
2.3 Computer Related Offences-Under Section 66C 784 112 0 446 147 0 1081 160 8 562 210 18 1545 267 5 755 331 8
2.4 Computer Related Offences-Under Section 66D 428 76 2 176 84 2 1083 100 2 327 156 2 1597 205 9 882 300 13
2.5 Computer Related Offences-Under Section 66E 62 19 0 33 21 0 117 33 3 100 39 5 159 41 0 95 83 0
3 IT - Cyber Terrorism (Section 66F) 5 0 0 0 0 0 13 1 0 3 1 0 12 6 0 7 7 0
4 IT - Publication/Transmission of Obscene/Sexually Explicit Content (Sec 67 And Sec 67A to 67C) 758 186 5 491 270 6 816 335 15 555 506 21 957 409 10 829 484 12
4.1 Under Section 67 And Section 67A 749 183 5 487 266 6 792 329 13 545 500 19 930 400 9 810 472 11
4.2 Under Section 67B 5 2 0 3 3 0 8 5 2 7 6 2 17 6 1 15 9 1
4.3 Under Section 67C 4 1 0 1 1 0 16 1 0 3 0 0 10 3 0 4 3 0
5 IT - Intentionally not complying with the Order of Controller 3 0 0 4 0 0 2 3 0 3 5 0 6 1 0 1 1 0
6 IT - Failure to Provide or Monitor or Intercept or Decrypt Information 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
7 IT - Failure to Block Access any Information Hosted etc 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 IT - Not Providing Technical Assistance to Govt. to Enable Online Access 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 2 0
9 IT - Un-authorized Access/Attempt to Access to Protected Computer System 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 3 0 4 4 0 0 3 0 3 3 0
10 IT - Misrepresentation/Suppression of Fact for Obtaining License etc 5 2 0 13 3 0 4 5 0 2 12 0 2 1 0 0 0 0
11 IT - Breach of Confidentiality/Privacy 16 3 0 13 3 0 20 5 2 6 6 2 20 13 0 23 17 0
12 IT - Disclosure of Information in Breach of Lawful Contract 2 1 0 5 5 0 4 1 0 2 2 0 15 3 0 14 9 0
13 IT - Publishing /Making Available False Elect. Signature Certificate 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 IT - Create/Publish/Make Available Elec. Signature Certificate for Unlawful Purpose 3 3 0 5 4 0 3 2 0 3 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0
15 IT - Others 769 144 7 520 220 15 514 164 15 245 352 18 704 222 14 343 269 17
Total Offences under IT Act (A) 7201 1451 52 4246 1931 65 8045 2396 193 5102 3502 250 8613 2710 159 5964 3414 202
1 IPC - Offences by Public Servant 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 IPC - Fabrication/Destruction of Electronic Records for Evidence 1 0 0 1 0 0 4 2 1 2 2 1 6 4 0 4 4 0
3 IPC - Cheating 1115 168 2 335 243 3 2255 259 10 754 441 14 2329 355 4 853 569 6
4 IPC - Forgery 63 13 0 58 38 0 45 13 0 72 63 0 81 16 0 64 37 0
5 IPC - Data Theft 55 5 0 11 7 0 84 19 0 135 128 0 86 22 0 34 26 0
6 IPC - Criminal Breach of Trust/Fraud 54 20 0 39 22 0 42 21 0 1292 34 0 56 12 0 20 15 0
6.1 IPC - Credit /Debit Card 10 2 0 3 2 0 18 10 0 18 15 0 26 4 0 4 4 0
6.2 IPC - Others 44 18 0 36 20 0 24 11 0 1274 19 0 30 8 0 16 11 0
7 IPC - Counterfeiting 10 3 0 8 8 0 12 10 0 14 10 0 10 12 0 17 19 0
7.1 IPC - Currency 10 3 0 8 8 0 12 10 0 14 10 0 10 12 0 17 19 0
7.2 IPC - Stamps 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 IPC - Others 974 349 4 772 522 4 980 386 4 598 584 5 950 438 9 793 601 15
Total Offences under IPC (B) 2272 558 6 1224 840 7 3422 710 15 2867 1262 20 3518 859 13 1785 1271 21
1 Copyright Act, 1957 118 95 18 167 135 23 113 90 26 135 139 32 181 136 29 237 212 31
1.1 Under Section 63 74 60 15 108 80 19 55 54 17 66 80 19 129 89 15 182 164 15
1.2 Under Section 68A 4 3 2 3 3 3 18 12 0 18 16 0 16 16 0 21 17 0
1.3 Others 40 32 1 56 52 1 40 24 9 51 43 13 36 31 14 34 31 16
2 Trade Marks Act, 1999 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
2.1 Under Section 102 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
2.2 Under Section 103 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2.3 Under Section 104 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2.4 Others 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
3 Other SLL Offences 30 12 0 115 92 0 12 10 0 17 25 0 3 7 0 4 16 0
Total SLL Offences (C) 149 107 18 282 227 23 125 100 26 152 164 32 186 143 29 241 228 31
Total Offences under Cyber Crime (A+B+C) 9622 2116 76 5752 2998 95 11592 3206 234 8121 4928 302 12317 3712 201 7990 4913 254
Source: Crime in India
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