Cyber Commandos | 13 Sep 2024

Why in News?

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.

Key Points

• 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.
• The cyber commandos will be trained in IT infrastructure security, digital forensics, and incident response.
• Related Launches:
  • 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.