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Reporting Cybercrime


                  Cybercrime  is  a  new  trend  of  criminalization  in  our  society.  Governments  across  the  globe  are  very
                  strict against cybercrimes. In India, CERT-In (Indian Computer Emergency Response Team, Department
                  of Electronics and Information Technology and Ministry of Communication & Information Technology)
                  issues guidelines for preventing cyber-crimes on regular basis.
                  CERT-In responds to the incidents that are related to computer or data security breaches. It takes the
                  following measures in the area of cyber security:

                  l    It does collection, analysis and dissemination of information on cyber incidents.

                  l    It forecasts and alerts about cyber security probable incidents.
                  l    It provides emergency measures for handling cyber security incidents.

                  l    It  issues  guidelines,  advisories,  vulnerability  notes  related  to  information  security  practices,
                       procedures & prevention.
                  If  anyone  has  been  victim  of  cybercrime,  the  first  step  should  be  to  report  about  the  crime  to  the
                  cybercrime branch of Law Enforcement Agency (LEA) or to any police station of the locality. Matters of
                  cyber-crimes are investigated by law enforcement agency after an FIR is lodged. Further, LEA approaches
                  Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) for getting the information related to technical
                  analysis like details of emails, sms, Facebook, Twitter, IP address, URL details etc.

                  One can get the contact details of Law Enforcement Agency at https://www.infosecawareness.in/cyber-
                  crime-cells.
                  Victims of cybercrime can report to CERT-In, if he/she encounters any of the situations given below:

                  l    Attempts (either failed or successful) to gain unauthorised access to a system or data.

                  l    Making changes to system hardware, firmware, or software characteristics without owner’s consent.

                  l    Email related security issues, spamming, mail bombing, malware attack, etc.
                  How to Report Incidents to CERT-In

                  l    Visit the website www.cert-in.org.in.
























                  l    Click on the ‘Incident Reporting’ link.
                  l    Double click on the ‘Security Incident Reporting Form’ link & download the incident reporting form.


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