Police to have new challenges, all countries should work to defeat cyber-crime: Rajnath Singh

NewsBharati    14-Mar-2018
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New Delhi, March 14: With increasing fraud and crimes in the world of cyberspace and cyber technology it has open new challenges in the field of policing in recent times.On this cyber-crime issue, Home Minister Rajnath Singh said that Police Forces and Security Agencies of various countries have to collaborate and defeat the threats on a two-day International Police Conference on Cyber-crime & Terrorism.

 
Minister Singh said the government has taken digitalization to a new level by providing digital-based services in many sectors to the people. He also said, in this fast-changing technology world, computer-based technologies are being increasingly used in various activities ranging from the simple home security system to complex nuclear power plants or space programmes, with this cyber-dependency has become widespread today and it has increased vulnerability to attacks against both civilian and military infrastructures.

Further, Singh said, New technologies like the Internet of Things, Virtual Currencies, Advanced Malware, Artificial Intelligence, etc. are fast spreading its tentacles.The Police are now expected to cope with such rapidly changing technologies, as well. Across many countries, many cybercriminals use technologies like darknet, proxy servers, The Onion Router (TOR) services to hide their identity. Extensive use of VoIP, caller ID spoofing, use of cryptocurrencies, encrypted channel for communication, use of social media have virtually created syndicates of criminals irrespective of their nationality.

On the other hand, social media has also posed a serious challenge to police. The three main issues are:

(i) Law & Order.

(ii) Cyber Crimes, Fake / Imitating Accounts, Financial Frauds, Malware delivery, drug and other illegal article sales, victimization of Women & Children.

(iii) Terrorism.

Meanwhile, he also said, we are making giant strides and improving business-connectivity with the outer world. We need an environment to instill confidence and create a congenial climate for this. The police have to make a paradigm shift to make this happen. Serious crime develops because the police and citizens do not work together to prevent decay of social norms and social disorder. The community policing faces a huge trust deficit. Level of trust is particularly very low amongst socially weaker section, economically poor, minority groups, women, elderly and children. Police forces need to be more democratized.

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