Govt officials informed about new trends in cyber crimes

At a one-day training programme on ‘Recent trends in cyber crimes: Challenges, impact, prevention & new laws in J&K’ conducted by the Indian Institute of Public Administration (IIPA), J&K, civil servants were educated about the fast-emerging digital trends as well as new techniques being adopted by the cyber scamsters.

It was explained that cybercrime poses a serious and multifaceted threat with far-reaching consequences, impacting individuals, businesses, and national security. The impact of the fast-growing cybercrime ranges from financial losses to reputational damage and even physical harm like “digital arrest” and the consequent financial losses run into trillions of rupees.

The first-of-its-kind programme was attended by 30 middle rung officers of the administration besides a large number of Central government pensioners, members of the civil society and IIPA. The programme was presided over by BR Sharma, State Election Commissioner and attended among others by Ashok Bhan, Patron IIPA, J&K.

Mohd Yaseen Kichloo, a well-known cyber expert and SSP, Cyber Crime Investigation Centre for Excellence (CICE), J&K, delivered a lecture on new trends of cyber threats and cyber security with special reference to AI-enabled crime like deep fake digital arrest, pig butchering, cyber slavery, and post quantum encryption.

Kichloo emphasised the need for awareness of the dangers confronting users of mobile and other technology-driven gadgets and said that they must follow safety measures while they are online. He listed many preventive tips to save users from cyber frauds and hacking.

Kichloo said these days social media accounts are getting cloned and the best way is to keep your profiles locked and use private accounts. Later, Joint Director Prosecution, Crime Headquarters, Laeeq Ahmad Dar talked about new laws enacted recently by the Parliament.

In his presidential address, BR Sharma referred to concern on fast increasing cybercrime in India and said that Artificial Intelligence driven cyber-attacks were growing every day that warranted mass awareness among all users of the mobile and social media.

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