Impact of Lockdown on Increasing Rates of Cyber Crime

Abstract

The entire country is exposed to an unprecedented viral infection, where staying at home and social distancing became the only solution to control the spread of the virus. While, majority of the people are trying to maintain the norms, they are compelled to use Internet for conducting day to day activities. Internet not only helped the crowd to cope up with the difficult situation, but it also opened new doors for several cyber fraudsters to conduct criminal activities. A significant amount of increase in the rate of Cyber crimes have been observed during the phase of lockdown. This article provides a better understanding of different kinds of Cybercrimes, reported cases and measures to tackle them.