In view of the incidents related to digital arrests and cyber fraud that have been taking place for the past few days, the government has taken a big step to address them. The Union Home Ministry has constituted a high-level committee to address digital arrest and cyber fraud. The Secretary of Internal Security of MHA is monitoring this committee, for this a special campaign will be carried out. The I4C wing of MHA has been in touch with the police of all states. According to sources, instructions have been given to take immediate action against incidents of digital detention.
According to the information, this year more than 6,000 complaints of digital arrest have been registered. 6 lakh mobile phones have been involved in cyber fraud and digital arrest incidents, which have been blocked by the MHA’s cyber wing. Wing has also blocked 709 mobile apps so far. Along with this, 1 lakh 10 thousand IMEIs involved in cyber fraud were blocked and 3.25 lakh fake bank accounts were frozen.
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Recently, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had alerted people about the incidents of digital arrest and cyber fraud in the show ‘Mann Ki Baat’.
What is digital arrest?
Digital arrest is a new form of cyber fraud, in which scammers posing as law enforcement officers threaten people via audio or video calls and take them as digital hostages under the false pretense of arresting them.
Earlier this week, India’s Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) shared a list of more than a dozen ways scammers commit online fraud in the country. This also includes “digital arrest” to defraud people by stealing their money and personal data.
