Electronics and Information Technology

In the cyber age of the twenty-first century, everything has shifted to virtual platforms. Information technology has drastically changed the lives of people. Excess computing has even resulted in people involving in various cyber crimes. The blend of "Cyber" and "Crime" refers to the crimes committed through the computers and internet. Where indulgence in cyberspace has provided people with wonderful opportunities, overindulgence has resulted in the misuse of such a technology. To protect individuals from the various crimes committed through the inter...

With changing scenarios and the adoption of digital mediums & AI (artificial intelligence) for manual work, the cyber world has increased its ambit. With this increase, cybercrimes have also established their feet in the human world. Especially women and children are the prone targets of cybercrime. The cyber law in India protects the citizen from getting victimised of cybercrimes. Cheating, fraud, defamation, misrepresentation, publishing vulgarity, spreading fake news, sextortion, cyberbullying, cybersex trafficking, phishing, etc., are some types of...

Cybercrime is also known as Computer crime. It gets defined as a systematic criminal activity that occurs digitally. Cybercrime especially gets committed through the use of the internet. According to the Ministry of Home Affairs and National Cyber Crime Reporting Portal, a cybercrime gets defined as ' an unlawful act where a computer or communication device or network is used to commit the crime.' With the increase in the use of the internet, there can be seen hype in cybercrime cases. Thus, there was a need to protect the data and citizens from being ...