Jammu, Feb. 11 -- India is staring at a staggering cybercrime crisis. While authorities have managed to save over Rs 8,189 crore through swift intervention, citizens across the country have lost an alarming Rs 55,649 crore to cyber frauds over the past five years.
The shocking figures were revealed in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha, exposing the massive scale at which online scammers are targeting unsuspecting victims.
According to the government, cybercrime incidents reported on the National Cyber Crime Reporting Portal are handled by respective State and Union Territory law enforcement agencies.
The National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), which compiles crime statistics in its annual Crime in India report, has published the latest da...