Menace of Digital Scams
Digitalization is hailed as a path breaking innovation for its speed and convenience. However, this disruptive technology has brought certain risks in the form of cyber-crimes. Every day, news about someone, like a doctor, professor, engineer, CEO, and well-known personalities, falling prey to the fraudsters are being reported. The scamsters have not even spared a Cyber Cell IPS Officer. In Mumbai, an IPS Officer attached to the cyber cell, a journalist and a cyber security expert also received calls from the cyber criminals. In the present digitally interconnected world, cybercrimes have further threatened the cyber security with the evolving Machine Learning (ML) and Artificial Intelligence (AI). As per Public Response against Helplessness & Action for Redressal (PRAHAR) in 2023, India experienced over 70 million cyberattacks, ranking it third globally in terms of the number of such incidents. This marked a 15% increase from the previ...