The Centre on Friday issued a warning concerning “fake emails” being acquired within the identify of the Indian Cybercrime Coordination Centre (I4C), which is chargeable for monitoring cyber crime throughout the nation. These emails are focused at people and falsely accuse them of cyber crimes, urging them to reply.

The Press Information Bureau (PIB) fact-check unit shared a pattern of a faux e-mail on its Twitter account. The e-mail seems to be from the cyber crime company’s administrator, and it concludes with the identify of its Chief Executive Officer (CEO), IPS officer Rajesh Kumar. The e-mail additionally instructs recipients to answer inside 24 to 48 hours, or else they are going to face penalties. The authorities’s fact-checking unit, nonetheless, alerted the general public to this deception.

In a tweet, the PIB fact-check unit offered a hyperlink for people to report such faux emails by the “National Cyber Crime Reporting Portal,” clarifying, “These emails are fake. No such email is being sent by any agency of the Government of India.”

The Indian Cybercrime Coordination Centre (I4C) is an initiative beneath the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) geared toward addressing cyber crime within the nation by coordinated and complete measures. Since its launch on October 5, 2018, it has centered on “strengthening the nation’s collective ability to combat cybercrimes and fostering effective coordination among Law Enforcement Agencies.”

Awareness drive on cyber crimes

The Government of India is organising a meme and reel competitors known as ‘CyberMeme’ and ‘CyberReel’ by the National Cyber Crime Reporting portal. The final date for registration is Friday. The portal mentions the ‘Cyberdost Twitter handle’ because the organiser, and registration might be achieved by https://www.mygov.in/home/1381/do/

The program goals to lift consciousness about what constitutes a ‘cyber crime’.

Functions of cyber crime reporting portal

The National Cyber Crime Reporting portal is an Indian authorities initiative that enables victims or complainants to report cyber crime incidents on-line.

-The portal focuses totally on complaints associated to cyber crimes towards ladies and kids.

-Complaints submitted by this portal are dealt with by legislation enforcement businesses or the police, based mostly on the main points offered within the complaints.

-“Please contact local police in case of an emergency or for reporting crimes other than cyber crimes. National police helpline number is 112. National women helpline number is 181 and Cyber Crime Helpline is 1930,” the portal says.

-The portal gives a chance to find out about cyber crimes. Additionally, the portal offers details about “Internet safety for kids”.

Safe Practices to stop cyber crime

-Stay away from sudden pop-up messages, unfamiliar emails, and suspicious hyperlinks.

-Ensure your passwords are robust and use strategies like authentication to guard your accounts.

-Keep your software program updated and repeatedly make copies of your essential recordsdata as a backup.