‘Digital revolution welcome, but need to create awareness’

Although experts have welcomed the idea of cashless economy, they feel a lot of training would be needed to curb cybercrime in the wake of the digital revolution.

Although experts have welcomed the idea of cashless economy, they feel a lot of training would be needed to curb cybercrime in the wake of the digital revolution.

People need to install mobile passwords and application passwords. (HT File Photo)

Sachin Patil, deputy commissioner of police, cybercrimes, Mumbai, said, “People must be made aware of cybercrimes. They should be told about the precautions to be taken to prevent cybercrimes such as credit/debit card cloning and skimming.”

Patil said those new to the technology, should be briefed on how they should not share their credit/debit card number, PIN and OTP with anyone. On coming across any suspicious activity, they should alert the bank and police, he said.

Former DGP D Sivanandhan said, “We need education, training and infrastructure to safeguard people. Service providers need to look into it. There are more than a billion phone users in India and not all of them are tech-savvy. If they are forced into going hi-tech, the results could be disastrous,” he said.

Vijay Mukhi, a cyber expert, said, “We need a specially trained cyber police, forensic labs with state-of –the-art evidence gathering tools, public prosecutors who understand technology and cyber courts to punish cyber criminals. None of this is in place as of now.”

Lawyer and cyber expert Vicky Shah said people need to install mobile passwords and application passwords. “If you do this, criminals will not be able to misuse your mobile to make transactions,” he said.

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