Is Cyber Crime Spreading Like A Spider Web In India?

The number of people having access to the internet across the globe is increasing at an alarming rate. People are getting dependent on the internet in order to access everything by sitting at just one place. As per the statista report, it has been provided that in 2017, India had 331.77 million internet users. This figure is projected to grow to 511.89 million internet users in 2022.¹ Despite the untapped potential, India already is the second-largest online market worldwide. Although the advancement of technology and internet has brought with it all related benefits but has also led to massive increase in the cyber-crime affecting people globally.

Cybercrime, also known as 'electronic crime', is a crime where the computer, networked device or a network is used as an object or tool to commit any crime. The crime involves a wide range of malicious activities including Cyber extortion, Identity theft, Credit card frauds, hacking the personal data from the