Bangalore leads in cyber crimes

Of the 11,791 cases of cyber crimes reported in the country last year (2011), 117 were registered in Bangalore alone.

\Also, Bangalore accounted for 77.48 per cent of the 151 cases registered in the State in 2011 under various provisions of Information Technology (IT) Act.

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But this is very much in line with the trend witnessed across the country, which recorded 288, 420, 966 and 1791 cases of cyber crime in 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011, respectively.

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One major challenge is increased hacking, with the NCRB recording 233, 510 and 983 cases in 2009, 2010 and 2011, respectively in the country.

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While reported cases rose from 105 in 2008, 139 in 2009, 328 and 496 in 2010 and 2011, respectively, the number of arrests increased to 90, 141, 361 and 443 in these four years.

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As per the information of Computer Emergence Response Team (CERT-In), the number of attacks on government websites showed a marked rise this year with the first seven months reporting 273 such incidents.

The total attacks on government websites were 201, 303 and 308 in 2009, 2010 and 2011, respectively.

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