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Human beings have progressed at a rapid pace thanks to their brain. Its progress in the field of science and technology is phenomenal. While technological progress has crossed the boundaries of the whole world through the Internet, the revolution of information and connectivity has been made available to all people. At the same time, in the race for this progress, man has a distorted mentality and Due to greed, many immoral and unlawful activities were also performed, one of the main ones being cybercrime.

Cybercrime is a computer and internet-based immoral, unlawful act, in which the offender has no physical identity. He can single-handedly do online activities through technology while sitting from anywhere in the world.

Due to the advancement of technology, the scope of cybercrime has become very wide, but still, some of the major cyber crimes are – Hacking, virus attacks, money laundering, ransomware, stealing money from bank accounts, online fraud, cheating money by creating fake employment portals, making fake IDs, leaking data, spam, making obscene videos and posting them on the internet and blackmailing, cyberstalking. Phishing, insulting on social networking sites by creating false identities etc. are prominent.

A few years ago a ransomware attack called WannaCry hit many computers in America, Europe and India. Apart from this, the websites of Kerala Police and some universities were also hacked. And also a few days ago, lakhs of rupees were looted in the name of employment by creating a fake website of the Environment Protection Department. Every day there is information in newspapers about money going missing from bank accounts. Every day there is information about blackmailing on the internet by making obscene videos. AI has further promoted cybercrime.

If we search for the causes of cybercrime, we find that lack of physical identity, internet-based operation possible from anywhere, lack of digital awareness, lack of efficient IT cell, lack of strict law, lack of global unanimity, and lack of internet security. Due to shortages and global competition, enemy countries also launch cyber attacks.

Since the nature of cybercrime is widespread, its impact is also on a large scale. Due to this, both the sovereignty of the country and the privacy of the individual are in danger. Economic damage also occurs on a large scale. Leaking of information affects privacy and there is also a possibility of misuse of information. Sometimes the psychological pressure due to blackmailing due to cyber crime increases so much that people even commit suicide.

There is a personal data protection law in this regard in India. The Cyber Crime Control Branch works separately and there is also a system for reporting crime through online mediums. The Cybercrime.gov.in portal has been launched by the Central Government. Any person can file a complaint on this in his name or by hiding his name. In this regard, recently the Government of India has recommended the formation of a special force (IT cells) of the Army.

Understanding the seriousness of this problem, many efforts have been made at the global level. The Budapest Convention on Cyber Crime is a very important effort. It is an international treaty that seeks to address Internet and computer-related crime by harmonizing national laws, improving investigative techniques, and increasing cooperation among nations. It came into force on 1 July 2004. India is not a signatory to this convention. The Internet Governance Forum also has an important contribution. It brings together all stakeholders, i.e. government, private sector and civil society on Internet governance discussions. The United Nations General Assembly has established two procedures on security issues in the information and communications technology environment. There is also an open-ended working group through resolution by Russia and a government expert group through resolution by the United States.

Concern was expressed over the increasing incidents of cybercrime in the meeting of the Digital Economy Working Group of G-20 countries held in India. To stop this, an in-principle agreement was reached among all the member countries on creating a control center at the global level. Under this, member countries will inform each other about cyber and virus attacks and will also alert each other to prevent them. The need for a global cyber police has also been felt.