Crackdown on digital arrests: 1700 Skype IDs; 59000 WhatsApp accounts blocked [Video]

The Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C) identified and blocked more than 1,700 Skype IDs and 59,000 WhatsApp accounts used for Digital Arrest, the Parliament was informed on Tuesday.

Minister of State for Home Affairs Nityanand Rai told Lok Sabha that till November 15, more than 6.69 lakh SIM cards and 1,32,000 IMEIs as reported by police authorities have also been blocked by the Central government.

Replying to a question on cyber frauds and crimes from K. Eswarasamy of DMK, MoS Rai said, “The Ministry has set up the I4C as an attached office to deal with all types of cyber crimes in the country, in a coordinated and comprehensive manner.”

The Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) is also operating an automated cyber threat exchange platform for collecting, analysing and sharing tailored alerts with organisations across sectors for proactive threat mitigation actions by them, he said.

To spread awareness of cybercrime, the Central Government …