In this digital age, everything from shopping for groceries to finding a suitable man/woman to marry has become cybernated. However, one of the backlash of the cyber world are the number of crimes that are related with it. From a young boy to an elderly woman, everyone is being prey to cyber crimes. From financial theft to identity theft, from threats to blackmailing, the virtual world can expose the most personal of your information to the world. Cyber crime has attacked the city like an apocalypse with more than 217 cases registered with the Cyber Crime Cell in the last 6 months. The DCP Crime, Jaydeepsinh Jadeja, shared how these criminals pose as bankers and extract personal details, hack emails, carry out frauds related to credit and debit cards, etc. In one of the cases, KEC Company’s email address was hacked and a total of Rs. 38.37 lakh was embezzled. Similarly, a debit card was hacked and Rs. 3 lakh was ripped off from the holder of the card. The cyber crime cell successful

Author-Nikisha Adhari