Perceiving Cybercrime- Appearance, Challenges and Legal Reaction

Abstract

The emergence of the Internet in the late 1980s led to the evolution of cyberspace as a fifth domain of human activity and in last two decades, Internet has grown exponentially worldwide. India too has witnessed significant rise in cyber space activities and usage of internet so much so that it has not only become one of the major IT destinations in the world but has also become the third largest number of Internet users after USA and China. Such phenomenal growth in access to information and connectivity has on the one hand empowered individuals and on the other posed new challenges to Governments and administrators of cyberspace.