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QUEEN’S ROAD:Cases of cyber crime are rising in the country’sIT capital. According to the State Crime Records Bureau, 636cases were registered in Bengaluru alone in 2014. This is asignificant jump from 395 in 2013 and 342 in 2012.

A majority of the violations come under Section 66 of theInformation Technology (IT) Act, and relate to sending virusesand stealing information.

In 2014, 447 hacking cases were booked while the year before,the number was 247. The numbers for 2015 have not beencollated. In 2014, there was a new entry — identity theft, with132 cases being reported. Data on such cases was not collectedearlier under the it Act, says D Roopa, former SP, cyber crimedivision.

Cases of identity theft fall under three broad categories: hackingsocial media accounts, stealing credit and ATM card details, andstealing employee data.

Few obscenity cases: Very few cases concern sex­relatedcrimes online. In 2014 and 2013, only 15 and 28 cases wereregistered respectively under Section 67, relating to thepublishing of obscene material in electronic form.

“Police do not consider obscenity via technology a top priority ora national threat. They see it as a cultural phenomenon,” saysPavan Duggal, advocate specialising in cyber law.

Criminal lawyer Siji Malayil says only cases that becomesensational and force the police to take suo motu action “crossthe threshold.” He says many women are too embarrassed to goto the police.

Card number stolen: On October 11, Mahesh Patil Kulkarnireceived a call from a man who claimed to be from the ReserveBank. “The caller said the banking system was changing and heneeded my 16­digit card number to create an entry for myAadhaar card,” he recalled.

Kulkarni gave the caller the number and within half­an­hour, Rs30,000 was gone from his account. When he approachedSoladevanahalli police, they allegedly refused to take hiscomplaint, and directed him to the cyber crime branch on CarltonRoad.

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Every day, Siddalingappa, Deputy Superintendent of Police(cyber crime), calls up police stations to make them aware ofnew­age crimes. “Recently, I called three police stations toinstruct them to file complaints. There is a lack of awareness atlocal police stations on how to approach cyber complaints,” hesays.

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One case of identity theft stood out last year. “A former teacherwho had worked at an international school gave out personaldetails of students to her new school. Parents received callsluring them with cheaper fees,” an investigator said.

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