Cyber Commandos | 16 Sep 2024
Recently, the Central government announced the plan to train and prepare 5,000 ‘Cyber Commandos’ over the next five years to tackle the rising cybercrime threats.
- This announcement was made during the first Foundation Day celebration of the Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C). I4C is a national-level coordination centre for addressing cybercrime issues.
- These cyber commandos will be trained in IT infrastructure security, digital forensics, and incident response.
- Other Launches Along With Cyber Commando:
- Centralised Suspect Registry: It is a centralised database of suspicious bank accounts and related persons. It will be securely accessible to banks, financial institutions, and law enforcement agencies.
- Samanvaya Platform: It is a one-stop data repository for cybercrime, data sharing, crime mapping, analytics, cooperation, and coordination for law enforcement agencies (LEAs) across the country.
- Cyber Fraud Mitigation Centre (CFMC): It serves as a “war room” to monitor high-priority cybercrime cases involving large financial transactions.
- Cyber Fraud Statistics 2023: In 2023, a total of 1,128,256 cybercrime incidents were reported across India on the Citizen Financial Cyber Fraud Reporting Management System (CFCFMS), a key component of I4C.
- Uttar Pradesh reported the highest number of complaints at 197,547, while Maharashtra reported the highest amount of fraud at Rs 9.9 billion.
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