Cyber Crimes in India: An Overview

Abstract

Every crime has its impact specifically on society, nation and the world to the great extent. By the surveillance of cybercrime and its phenomenon it is exposed that similar to former crimes it has badly affected social life of humans. To understand the influence of cybercrime, it is necessary to look into the impact of two things computer technology and internet on people as cybercrime is no doubt originating out of these. There are inherent challenges to the field of IT security and services through individuals and critical infrastructure. Socially, people are now more open to communicate and interrelate with others compared to past which widen the objectives from the personal relations to the professional ones. Today, there is no single reason for the people to interact through internet but thousands. The advantage behind this mediator is its collaborating and speedy communication which is lacked in other medium of communications.

Keywords: IT act, IPC, Cybercrimes, Internet users