'Most of cyber crimes go unreported'
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NT Bureau
Chennai, Mar 16:
There has been a tremendous increase in cyber crimes in the past many
years and there is so much to be done because the position is quite
murky on the legal front, hazy on the judicial front and ambiguous on
the social front, said, executive chairman of Cyber Society of India
(CYSI), R Ramamurthy.
He was speaking to reporters after signing the Memorandum of
Understanding (MoU) between the Consumer Association of India (CAI)
and the Cyber Society of India, here on Wednesday.
Ramamurthy said 98 per cent of the cyber crimes don't come to the
surface at all as the cyber victims are either ignorant of legal
procedures or does not wish to admit it openly fearing exposure of
one's ignorance.
Besides the vulnerability of consumers to fall prey to cyber crimes,
there were also possibilities of government data getting leaked as
many of them were unprotected and can be easily accessed 'if an
attempt was made. Ramamurthy stressed on the need for stringent cyber
laws and also said many important issues are yet to be addressed.
Nirmala Desikan, CEO, Consumer Association of India said there is a
great need for creating awareness among the public about the
increasing cyber crime, as now the mode of transaction and purchase
has shifted to a large extent to the internet.
The affected consumers could send their queries to the association.
The mail id is cai...@yahoo.co.in.