Gurugram, July 13 -- Cybercrime cases jumped by more than 67% per cent till June 2020, in the cyber city as compared to June 2019.
A total of 5,779 cases have been reported in the city in the first half of the current year. The figure was 3,466 in 2019 during the same time period, according to the Gurugram police data.
The common types of cybercrime were e-commerce scams, phishing, debit/credit cards, mobile wallets, pretending to be customer care representatives and many others.
Cyber experts suggest that the reason behind the drastic increase in number of cyber cases the pandemic of COVID-19 and the imposed lockdown, has led to more people to be confined at home with many more hours to spend online each day and increasingly relying on ...