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What is a cyber crime?
As a comman person we often hear about the word cyber crime being used when a computer system, computer resource is hacked or compromised in such manner as to cause a wrongful loss to a person. Cyber crimes can be in other forms too , below is the list of cyber crimes which find a mention in the Information Technology act :
1) Tampering with the computer system
2) Sending messages which are offensive and menacing in character
3) Sending messages such as to fake or confuse the person receiving the messages as to the identity and the origin of the messages
4) Sending messages with the intent to cause injury, annoyance, mischief etc
5) Receiving and possessing stolen computer, communication device, computer system and computer resource
6) Identity theft crimes
7) Cheating
8) Cheating by personation
9) Publishing obscene data
10) Hindering the privacy of an individual by transmitting, publishing his private photographs
11) Child pornography and different forms , even browsing collecting and storing of data related to child pornography is an offence under the provisions of law
12) Cyber terrorism
The cyber crimes that a normal person is faced with every day is either a stealing of his passwords or getting an access to his computer system without due permission or using his fake profile to cause an injury to his reputation or publishing his photographs online in such a manner that appear an hindrance of their privacy or are pornographic in nature. When a person is faced with such cyber crime he generally does not what to do, here is a checklist for the people to prepare before reporting the matter to the cyber crime department, the information and address of whom I would be putting at the end of this article. The check list is as follows:
If you are a victim of hacking
Carry the following information
- Server Logs
- Copy of defaced web page in soft copy as well as hard copy format, if your website is defaced
- If data is compromised on your server or computer or any other network equipment, soft copy of original data and soft copy of compromised data.
- Access control mechanism details i.e.- who had what kind of the access to the compromised system
- List of suspects – if the victim is having any suspicion on anyone.
- All relevant information leading to the answers to following questions –
- what ? (what is compromised)
- who? (who might have compromised system)
- when?(when the systme was compromised)
- why?(why the system might have been compromised)
- where?(where is the impact of attack-identifying the target system from the network)
- How many?(How many systems have been compromised by the attack)
- If your are a victim of e-mail abuse, vulgur e-mail etc.
Carry the following information-
- Extract the extended headers of offending e-mail .
- carry soft copy as well hard copy of offending e-mail.
- Please do not delete the offending e-mail from your e-mail box.
- Please save the copy of offending e-mail on your computers hard drive.
The cyber crime cell details are :
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Assam
CID HQ,Dy.SP.
Assam Police
contact Details
Ph: +91-361-252-618
+91-9435045242
E-mail: ssp_cod@assampolice.com
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Chennai
Address: Assistant Commissioner of Police Cyber Crime Cell Commissioner office Campus Egmore, Chennai- 600008 Contact Details: +91-40-5549 8211 E-mail id: s.balu@nic.in For Rest of Tamil Nadu,
Address: Cyber Crime Cell, CB, CID, Chennai
ph: +91 44 2250 2512
E-mail id: cbcyber@tn.nic.in
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Bangalore
(for whole of the Karnataka) Address: Cyber Crime Police Station C.O.D Headquarters, Carlton House, # 1, Palace Road, Bangalore – 560 001 Contact Details: +91-80-2220 1026 +91-80-2294 3050 +91-80-2238 7611 (FAX) |
Hyderabad
Address: Cyber Crime Police Station Crime Investigation Department, 3rd Floor, D.G.P. office Lakdikapool, Hyderabad – 500004 Contact Details:
+91-40-2324 0663 +91-40-2785 2274 +91-40-2785 2040
+91-40-2329 7474 (Fax) Web site:http://www.cidap.gov.in/cybercrimes.aspx
E-mail id: cidap@cidap.gov.in, info@cidap.gov.in cybercell_hyd@hyd.appolice.gov.in
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Delhi
CBI Cyber Crime Cell: Superintendent of Police, Cyber Crime Investigation Cell Central Bureau of Investigation, 5th Floor, Block No.3, CGO Complex, Lodhi Road, New Delhi – 3 Contact Details: Web site: http://cbi.nic.in/
E-Mail: cbiccic@bol.net.in |
Thane
Address: 3rd Floor, Police Commissioner Office Near Court Naka, Thane West, Thane 400601. Contact Details: +91-22-25424444
Web site: www.thanepolice.org
E-Mail: police@thanepolice.org
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Pune
Deputy Commissioner of Police(Crime) Office of the Commissioner Office, 2, Sadhu Vaswani Road, Camp,Pune 411001 Contact Details: +91-20-26123346 +91-20-26127277
+91-20-2616 5396 +91-20-2612 8105 (Fax) Website:
www.punepolice.gov.in E-Mail: crimecomp.pune@nic.in punepolice@vsnl.com
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Gujarat
DIG, CID, Crime and Railways Fifth Floor Police Bhavan Sector 18, Gandhinagar 382 018 Contact Details: +91-79-2325 0798
+91-79-2325 3917 (Fax) |
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Jharkhand
IG-CID,Organized Crime
Rajarani Building,Doranda Ranchi,
834002
Ph: +91-651-2400 737/ 738
E-mail: a.gupta@jharkhandpolice.gov.in
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Mumbai
Address: Cyber Crime Investigation Cell Office of Commissioner of Police office,Annex -3 Building, 1st floor, Near Crawford Market, Mumbai-01. Contact Details: +91-22-22630829 +91-22-22641261 Web site: http://www.cybercellmumbai.com E-mail id: officer@cybercellmumbai.com |
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Haryana
Cyber Crime and Technical Investigation Cell,
Joint Commisioner of Police
Old S.P.Office complex,Civil Lines
Gurgaon
E-mail: jtcp.ggn@hry.nic.in
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Himachal Pradesh
CID Office ,
Dy.SP
Himachal Pradesh
Contact Details
Ph: +91-94180 39449
E-mail:soodbrijesh9@gmail.com
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Jammu
SSP,Crime
CPO Complex,Panjtirthi
Jammu-180004
Contact Details
Ph: +91-191-257-8901
E-mail: sspcrmjmu-jk@nic.in
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Kerala
Hitech Cell
Police Head Quarters
Thiruvananthapuram
Contact Details
Ph: +91-471 272 1547
+91-471 272 2768
E-mail: hitechcell@keralapolice.gov.in
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Meghalaya
SCRB,Superintendent of Police
Meghalaya
Ph: +91 98630 64997
E-mail: scrb-meg@nic.in
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Orissa
CID,Crime Branch
Orissa
Ph: +91 94374 50370
E-mail: splcidcb.orpol@nic.in
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Bihar
Cyber Crime Investigation Unit
Dy.S.P.Kotwali Police Station, Patna
Ph: +91 94318 18398
E-mail: cciu-bih@nic.in
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Punjab
Cyber Crime Police Station
DSP Cyber Crime,
S.A.S Nagar,Patiala,
Punjab
Ph: +91 172 2748 100
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Uttar Pradesh
Cyber Complaints Redressal Cell,
Nodal Officer Cyber cell Agra, Agra Range 7,Kutchery Road, Baluganj,Agra-232001 Uttar Pradesh Ph:919410837559 e-mail: info@cybercellagra.com |
West Bengal
CID, Cyber Crime
West Bengal Ph: +9133 24506163 e-mail:occyber@cidwestbengal.gov.in |
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UttaraKhand
Special Task Force Office
Sub Inspector of Police, Dehradoon Ph: +91 135 2640982 +91 94123 70272 |