Careless and casual, Internet users don’t see abusive content as crime

While many people knowingly commit crime in cyberspace, there are many others who don’t realise that using the Internet to settle scores by sending abusive or obscene or misleading content is a crime for which they can be arrested. Data with the National Crime Records Bureau has revealed sexual harassment is the second biggest cyber crime in Maharashtra, after fraud. Of the 393 cyber crimes registered in the state in 2011, 96 pertained to fraud and 74 to harassment..........

People don’t realise that in the process of creating a fake profile or sending abusive/ obscene content through email ids created in someone else’s name, they are committing a crime under the Information Technology Act..............

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Cyber space played key role in 26/11 attack

The Mumbai attack perpetrated by Pakistan–based LeT was an example of how terror outfits use latest available IT tools for their decisive motives, a top US commander has said, highlighting the role of cyber space in such events.

"All the mission planning (for Mumbai terrorist attack) was done via Google Earth. There was no investment in technology of (intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance) platforms or anything like that," US Marine Corps Lt Gen George Flynn, Joint Staff's director of joint force development, said...........

During the Mumbai attack, terrorists used cellular phone networks as command and control and social media to track and thwart the efforts of Indian commandos. The terrorists behind the Mumbai attack exploited inexpensive and commonly available assets to plan and execute their onslaughts..........

When a tourist snapped and posted on the Web a cell phone photo of Indian army commandos dropping on the roof of the hotel, the terrorists used it to lay a trap to ambush the would-be rescuers. This was accomplished without any investment in expensive technologies or systems..........

Space and cyber will continue to play an increased role in events, with each becoming increasingly contested domains – so it's a new domain that we're going to have to contest............

The battle space of the past was linear with clear definitions, while the future battle space is multidimensional with several domains..........................

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