awareness , about the laws related to cyber crime in India Necessary now days because of over dependence on internet and computers.

2. Objectives:
 To provide a general awareness of Cybercrime
 To understand Cybercrime methods
 To identify Internet scams
 to learn how to keep from being a victim

3.  What is Cybercrime?
Cybercrime is any illegal act committed by using a
computer network.
Cybercrime is a subset of computer crime

4.  Examples of Cybercrime
 Web defacement
 Unauthorized network access
 Cyber-Stalking
 Internet fraud
 Identity theft
 Child pornography
 Interception and fabrication of emails
 Theft of passwords

5. Who are the cyber victims?
 Companies
 No security awareness
 Individuals
 Society

6.  OFFENCES OF CYBER CRIME COVERED UNDER IPC AND
SPECIAL LAW
 Cyber crimes under the IT Act:-
 Penalty and Compensation for damage to computer,
computer system, etc (sec. 43 IT act)
 Compensation for failure to protect data (sec. 43A IT Act)
 Tampering with computer source Documents (sec. 65 IT Act)
 Hacking with computer systems, Data Alteration (sec. 66 IT
Act)
 Sending offensive messages through communication service,
etc (sec. 66A IT Act)
 Identity theft (sec. 66C IT Act)
 Cheating by personating by using computer resource (sec.
66D IT Act)
 Violation of privacy (sec. 66E IT Act)
 Cyber terrorism (sec. 66F IT Act)
 Offences by Companies (sec. 85 IT Act)

7.  Cyber crime under IPC and special law:-
 Sending threatening messages by e-mail (Sec .503 IPC)
 Word, gesture or act intended to insult the modesty of a
woman (Sec.509 IPC)
 Sending defamatory messages by e-mail (Sec .499 IPC)
 Bogus websites , Cyber Frauds (Sec .420 IPC)
 E-mail Spoofing (Sec .463 IPC )
 Making a false document (Sec.464 IPC)
 Forgery for purpose of cheating (Sec.468 IPC)
 Forgery for purpose of harming reputation (Sec.469 IPC)
 Web-Jacking (Sec .383 IPC)
 E-mail Abuse (Sec .500 IPC)
 Theft of Computer Hardware (Sec. 378 )
 Punishment for theft (Sec.379 )

8.  Cyber Crimes under the Special Acts:-
 Online Sale of Drugs (NDPS Act )
 Online Sale of Arms (Arms Act ).
 In India there are number of cases filed under these IPC
and IT ACT provisions related to the cyber crime.
According to the report of Home Ministry, in 2012 there
are 601 cases filed under the various provisions of IPC
and 2876 cases filed under the various provisions of IT
act.

9.  There are several loopholes in IT Act as:-
Lack of awareness
Raising a cyber army
Hesitation to report offences
Dynamic form of cyber crime
Cyber savvy bench

10.  SURVEY ON CYBER CRIME UNDER CYBER CELL OF
SILIGURI METROPOLITAN POLICE:-
 Establishment of cyber cell in siliguri
Metropolitan Area:-
 On 01/03/2015 cyber Cell in Siliguri Metropolitan
Area established.
 And only one cyber cell in North Bengal.
 Jurisdiction of cyber cell:-
 Entire Siliguri Commissioner Zone.
 Other police station may also assist some cases
over.

11.  OTHER DATA:-
In Northern India mostly affected areas of cyber crime
are:-
 Delhi.
 Uttar Pradesh (Noida).
 Jharkhand.
• TYPES OF CRIMES:
phishing crime: - means crime done by phone call (like
SMS, Fake interview in phone). These types of crime are
especially in Jharkhand.
Net Banking and Online Job fraud: - are especially in
U.P and DELHI.

12. Conclusion
The key to protecting yourself is being
aware.
Not all cybercriminals are “hackers.”
There is a whole other world that exists in
cyberspace…make sure that your
information travels safely.