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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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