Police personnel are struggling to close cases of cyber crime

Bengaluru | Thursday | 2nd February, 2017

Summary:

According to the National Crime Records Bureau data, cases of Cyber Crime increased from 966 to 4,356 in the last three years. Ransomware is one of the weapons in their arsenal, which is posing a challenge even to the Cyber Crime cell. Cyber crime cases need resources, time and dedication. However, as the fraud amounts were less than ?50,000, the cases don’t go to the Cyber Crime Cell, but the local police. Unfortunately, police personnel are struggling to close these cases, as they are not equipped with the tools to go after the perpetrators..