About Indian Cybercrime Coordination Centre (I4C):
- I4C has been established under the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) to act as a nodal point at the National level in the fight against cybercrime.
- It is designed to provide a framework and ecosystem for law enforcement agencies (LEAs) to deal with cybercrime in a coordinated and comprehensive manner.
- I4C brings together academia, industry, public, and government in the prevention, detection, investigation, and prosecution of cybercrimes.
- Headquarters: New Delhi.
- Objectives:
- To act as a nodal point to curb Cybercrime in the country.
- To strengthen the fight against Cybercrime committed against women and children.
- Facilitate easy filing of cybercrime-related complaints and identifying cybercrime trends and patterns.
- To act as an early warning system for LEAs for proactive cybercrime prevention and detection.
- Awareness creation among the public about preventing cybercrime.
- Assist states/UTs in the capacity building of Police Officers, Public Prosecutors and Judicial Officers in the area of cyber forensics, investigation, cyber hygiene, cyber-criminology, etc.
- Identify the research problems and needs of LEAs and take up R&D activities in developing new technologies and forensic tools in collaboration with academia/research institutes within India and abroad.
- Suggest amendments, if required, in cyber laws to keep pace with fast-changing technologies and international cooperation.
- To coordinate all activities related to the implementation of Mutual Legal Assistance Treaties (MLAT) with other countries related to cybercrimes in consultation with the concerned nodal authority in MHA.
- Components:
- National Cybercrime Threat Analytics Unit (TAU)
- National Cybercrime Reporting Portal (NCRP)
- National Cybercrime Training Centre (NCTC)
- National Cybercrime Research and Innovation Centre
- Platform for Joint Cyber Crime Coordination Team
- Cybercrime Ecosystem Management Unit
- National Cybercrime Forensic Laboratory (Investigation) Ecosystem
- Other Initiatives:
- Citizen Financial Cyber Fraud Reporting and Management System: For immediate reporting of financial cyber frauds and preventing the siphoning of funds by cyber criminals on a near-real-time basis.
- National Toll-Free Helpline number ‘1930’ has been operationalized to provide citizen assistance in lodging online cyber complaints.
- The social media handle “CyberDost”, which provides cyber safety tips at regular intervals.
- I4C has envisaged the Cyber Crime Volunteers Program to bring together citizens with a passion to serve the nation on a single platform and contribute to the fight against cybercrime in the country.
- Pratibimb geospatial crime mapping platform maps locations of criminals and crime infrastructure on a map to give visibility to jurisdictional officers.
What is Phishing?
- It is a type of cyberattack that uses deceptive messages from seemingly reputable sources to trick victims into revealing sensitive information like login credentials, passwords, or financial data for malicious use.
- Attackers utilize various sophisticated methods, including domain spoofing, fake websites, and generative AI, to execute a phishing attack via email, SMS, phone calls, or social media.
- The most common examples of phishing are used to support other malicious actions, such as account takeovers, ransomware attacks, or business email compromise.
