Cyber crime cases increasing in Maharashtra: Government
What's the story
Cyber crime is posing a big challenge for police in Maharashtra with the state witnessing a rise in such cases this year as compared to 2017, according to official figures.
A total of 2,945 cases of cyber crimes were registered till September this year as against 2,645 till October 2017, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said in the state Assembly yesterday.
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36 out of 43 cyber labs are functional now: Fadnavis
Fadnavis said the maximum number of cyber crime cases were reported in Mumbai, though the figures weren't specified.
So far, 43 cyber labs have been declared as cyber police stations. Of these, 36 cyber police stations are functioning and the remaining seven will be operational soon, he said.
The cyber police stations have been provided with modern software and hardware technology tools, he added.
Steps taken
Since 2016, 198 cops trained to deal with cyber crimes
Fadnavis further said that since 2016, 198 police officials have been imparted training on how to deal with cyber crimes.
Focusing on steps to deal with cyber crime, he said that this September, principal secretary of the co-operation department held a meeting with senior officials of the police, information technology departments, and representatives of various banks in connection with the cyber crime cases.
Details
Will provide information to banks about debit card cloning: CM
Fadnavis referred to a cyber crime case where hackers had managed to siphon off over Rs. 94cr through a malware attack on the server of Pune-based Cosmos Bank and cloned thousands of the bank's debit cards in two days this August.
To combat cases like these a 'knowledge hub' would be installed that would provide information to banks about debit card cloning, he said