Why Cybercrime is Difficult to Deal

IT and ICT has been entered in almost every socioeconomic activity and people become more dependent on the web and internet applications for their communication and other routine activities. The internet is invented for the growth of businesses and development of the society, but some are using it for cheating, forgery, blackmailing and other crimes, for them internet is the easiest medium to make innocents their soft-prey. Due to the ambiguity of cyber laws and slow execution system the cybercrime in India is rising at an alarming rate. If we take a look at the absolute figures then would come to know that in 2015, expected number of cases may touch a shocking figure of 3 lakh. According to a recent study by Assocham-Mahindra SSG the number of cases may double in 2015 and it is really a serious threat to the economy and national security of the country.

High connectivity, availability of smart phones and tablets at low prices, the rising trend of online transactions have increased the crime risks to manifolds. Cyber criminals usually indulge in online illegal activities such as hacking, phishing, data theft, identity theft, spamming and many other illegal practices. Children and women are the safest victims of these perpetrators of the law.  The country has registered 107% of Common Annual Growth Rate in the last few years. It is not a grave problem for India only, the entire world is experiencing the same problems. Even developed countries like the US and Japan are not free from this smart age problem. The foremost problem is that cyber criminals usually operate from an overseas location and it is very difficult to penalize them, until and unless we sign extradition treaties with majority of UN members. The reality is that they are rarely caught or sued.

According to Mr. Kislay Pandey, Criminal Lawyer of the Supreme Court of India, "INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ACT, 2000  was introduced to protect the e-commerce, e-governance, e-banking as well as penalties and punishments in the field of cyber crimes. The above Act was further amended in 2008, which has replaced Section 43 with Section 66 and has further been widened in the form of Sections 66A to 66F. The offenses covered under section 66 are cognizable and non-bailable, but most of the times a criminal operates from outside the Indian territory, and it is very difficult to follow and punish them. Hence, people should be very careful while sharing any information on the internet."

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