Advanced Monitoring Mechanism To Prevent Rising Cyber Frauds: What Centre Said
New Delhi: The Union Government on Tuesday, December 16, said that it has taken several steps to monitor and to strengthen the mechanism to deal with cyber crimes in a comprehensive and coordinated manner. The Ministry of Home Affairs has set up the ‘Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Center’ (I4C) as an attached office to deal with all types of cyber crimes in the country, in a coordinated way.
Responding to a question regarding the rise in the number of cyber frauds in the Lok Sabha, the ministry of home affairs said it launched the ‘Citizen Financial Cyber Fraud Reporting and Management System’ (CFCFRMS), under I4C for immediate reporting of financial frauds and to stop siphoning off funds by the fraudsters.
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It further claimed that the government could save around Rs 7,130 crore from more than 23.02 lakh complaints. A toll-free Helpline number ‘1930’ has been operationalized to get assistance in lodging online cyber complaints. The government has also established a Cyber Fraud Mitigation Center (CFMC) where the representatives of major banks, Financial Intermediaries, Payment Aggregators, Telecom Service Providers, IT Intermediaries and representatives of States/UTs Law Enforcement Agency are working together for immediate action and seamless cooperation to tackle cybercrime.
Additionally, Samanvaya Platform has been made operational to serve as a Management Information System(MIS) platform, data repository and a coordination platform for LEAs for cybercrime data sharing and analytics. The platform provides analytics based on interstate linkages of crimes and criminals involved in cybercrime complaints in various States/UTs.
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“The module ‘Pratibimb’ maps locations of criminals and crime infrastructure on a map to give visibility to jurisdictional officers. The module also facilitates seeking and receiving of techno-legal assistance by Law Enforcement Agencies from I4C and other SMEs. It has led to the arrest of 16,840 accused and 1,05,129 Cyber Investigation assistance requests,” the ministry stated.
The ministry then pointed out that cyber criminals are leveraging new technologies like Artificial Intelligence (AI), Deepfake Technology etc. to commit frauds, adding that the government has taken various initiatives to create cyber crime awareness, including PM Modi’s Mann Ki Baat talk, the caller tune campaign, among others.
