Welcome back to the ‘Dataset of the Week’ blog series, where we bring you a mega compilation of free, available datasets on trending topics. The topic we chose for this week is ‘Cybercrime’.
You can also read previous blogs in the ‘Dataset of the Week’ series on the following blogs:
- Russia-Ukraine War News Datasets
- Israel-Hamas News Datasets
- Global Inflation Dataset
- US Elections News Dataset
- India Elections 2024 News Dataset
- FIFA World Cup News Datasets
- Infrastructure Development News Dataset
- Carbon Footprints News Datasets
- Indian Stock Market News Datasets
- Space Race News Datasets
- Climate Crisis News Datasets
- Oil Trading News Datasets
- AI Progress News Datasets
- Heat Waves News Datasets
- French Elections News Datasets
- EV News Datasets
Cybercrime
Cybercrime refers to illegal activities that are carried out via computer or internet services. With an increasing number of services being provided online, the reports of cybercrime have also increased significantly. As per the latest 2024 reports, Russia reported the highest number of cybercrimes with a WCI (World Cybercrime Index) of 58.39.
Dataset Customization
Despite ample websites and data portals providing you with datasets related to it, you can’t always get a dataset that meets all the required criteria. For scenarios like this, providers like Newsdata.io and Datarade are leading providers of customised datasets.
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List of available news datasets
1. Number of cyber crimes reported in India in 2012–2022.
Source: Statista
Author: Tanushree Basuroy
Publish Date: Dec 6, 2023
Link: https://www.statista.com/statistics/309435/india-cyber-crime-it-act/
Description: India saw a significant jump in cyber crimes reported in 2022 from the previous year. That year, over 65 thousand cybercrime incidents were registered. Karnataka and Telangana accounted for the highest share during the measured time period.
2. India Cyber Crime: IPC Section: Number of Cases Registered
Source: CEIC Data
Author: NATIONAL CRIME RECORDS BUREAU
Link: https://www.ceicdata.com/en/india/crime-statistics/cyber-crime-ipc-section-number-of-cases-registered
Description: India Cyber Crime: IPC Section: Number of Cases Registered data was reported at 33,798.000 units in 2022. This represents an increase from the previous number of 25,384,000 units for 2021.
3. India Cyber Crime: IT Act, 2000: Number of Cases Registered
Source: CEIC Data
Author: NATIONAL CRIME RECORDS BUREAU
Link: https://www.ceicdata.com/en/india/crime-statistics/cyber-crime-it-act-2000-number-of-cases-registered
Description: India Cyber Crime: IT Act, 2000: Number of Cases Registered data was reported at 31,908.000 units in 2022. This represents an increase from the previous number of 27,427.000 units for 2021. India Cyber Crime: IT Act, 2000: Number of Cases Registered data is updated yearly, averaging 2,876.000 units from Dec 2002 (median) to 2022, with 21 observations.
4. Annual number of complaints about internet crime, 2000–2023.
Source: Statista
Author: Ani Petrosyan
Publish Date: Jul 17, 2024
Link: https://www.statista.com/statistics/267546/number-of-complaints-about-us-internet-crime/
Description: The number of complaints of cybercrime received annually on the U.S. Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) website increased significantly between 2000 and 2023. The centre received over 880 thousand complaints in the most recent reported year.
5. Cyber Crime Statewise (INDIA)
Source: Analyst 2.ai
Author: Analyst 2.ai
Link: https://analyst-2.ai/analysis/kaggle-cyber-crime-statewise-india-62c9/13fd6fc0/?iid=001-886&v=presentation
Description: This dataset contains information about state-wide cybercrime in India and can be used to predict future crime rates. Some interesting insights can be generated by predicting the crimes in 2020 and how the pandemic has affected the increasing number of cybercrimes.
6. Crime in England and Wales: Additional tables on fraud and cybercrime
Source: ONS UK
Author: Meghan Elkin
Publish Date: 25 April 25, 2019
Link: https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/crimeandjustice/datasets/crimeinenglandandwalesexperimentaltables
Description: Estimates from the Crime Survey for England and Wales (CSEW) on fraud and computer misuse. Also, data from Home Office police recorded crime on the number of online offences recorded by the police and Action Fraud figures broken down by police force area. These tables were formerly known as experimental tables.
7. India Cyber Crime: IPC Section: Number of Persons Arrested
Source: CEIC Data
Author: NATIONAL CRIME RECORDS BUREAU
Link: https://www.ceicdata.com/en/india/crime-statistics/cyber-crime-ipc-section-number-of-persons-arrested
Description: India Cyber Crime: IPC Section: Number of Persons Arrested Data was reported at 33,798.000 persons in 2022. This records an increase from the previous number of 25,384,000 people for 2021. India Cyber Crime: IPC Section: Number of Persons Arrested data is updated yearly, averaging 1,148.000 persons from Dec 2002 (median) to 2022, with 21 observations.
8. Tamil Nadu: Number of cyber crimes
Source: Knoema
Author: Md Riajuliislam
Link: https://knoema.com/atlas/India/Tamil-Nadu/Number-of-cyber-crimes
Description: In 2022, the number of cyber crimes in Tamil Nadu was 2,082. The number of cyber crimes in Tamil Nadu increased from 144 in 2016 to 2,082 in 2022, growing at an average annual rate of 58.74%.
9. Cyber Crime Motives: India 2013
Source: Kaggle
Author: SUNIL KUMAR SV
Link: https://www.kaggle.com/datasets/sunilkumarsv/indiacybercrimestats2013/discussion/56971
Description: Cases registered under Cyber Crimes by Motives in 2013 in India.
10. Cyber Crimes: Year- and State-wise Number of Cyber Crimes Cases by their Disposal Status with Police
Source: Dataful
Author: National Crime Record Bureau
Link: https://dataful.in/datasets/19208/
Description: The dataset contains year- and state-wise historically compiled data on the number of crime cases pending at and disposed of by the police departments. The different types of status of cyber crime court cases covered in the dataset include Cases Pending Investigation from the Previous Year, Cases Reported during the year, Cases Reopened for Investigation, Cases Not Investigated Under 157_1_b CRPC, etc.
11. CRIME INCIDENCES
Source: The Mirrority
Author: The Mirrority
Link: https://www.themirrority.com/data/crimes
Description: Data on Crimes in India: total crimes, crime rate, conviction rate, crimes against women and children, cyber crimes, charging rate.
12. India-Cyber-Crime-2002-to-2022
Source: Kaggle
Author: AMRIT882
Link: https://www.kaggle.com/datasets/amrit882/india-cyber-crime-2002-to-2022
Description: This dataset was created by Amrit882 and contains information related to the cyber crimes that took place between 2002 and 2022.
13. Cyber Crimes: Year-, State- and City-wise Number of Cyber Crimes Cases by their Disposal Status in Courts
Source: Dataful
Author: National Crime Record Bureau
Link: https://dataful.in/datasets/19211/
Description: The dataset contains year-, state- and city-wise compiled data on the number of cyber crimes which have been committed in India in cities with over one million people and categorized by their status in courts. The different types of status of cyber crime court cases covered in the dataset include a number of cases pending trial from the previous and current years, cases abated by the court, withdrawn from prosecution, compounded or compromised, disposed of by plea bargaining, quashed, discharged, acquitted, completed trails, disposed of without trial, stayed or sent to record room, convicted cases from the previous and current year, etc.
14. Cyber Crime: Findings from the 2019/20 NISCS
Source: Government of UK
Author: Department of Justice (Northern Ireland) and Nothern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency.
Publish Date: September 16, 2022
Link: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/cyber-crime-findings-from-the-201920-niscs
Description: The focus of this publication is on a module included for the first time within the 2019/20 NISCS relating to worry about online/cybercrime, the experience of online/cybercrime, and awareness of and attitudes towards online or cybercrime-related issues.
15. Crime in India
Source: Data World
Author: Rajanand IIongavan
Publish Date: 2017
Link: https://data.world/rajanand/crime-in-india
Description: This dataset contains complete information about various aspects of crimes that happened in India in 2001. There are many factors that can be analysed from this dataset. Over all, I hope this dataset helps us understand India better.
16. Number of cyber crimes related to online banking across India, 2016–2022. 2
Source: Statista
Author: Tanushree Basuroy
Publish Date: Dec 6, 2023
Link: https://www.statista.com/statistics/875887/india-number-of-cyber-crimes-related-to-online-banking/
Description: In 2022, there were over 6.4 thousand cases of online banking fraud reported across India. This was a big increase in the number of banking fraud cases compared to the previous year. Telangana had the highest number of cases of about 3,223 banking frauds that year.
17. Cybercrime arrests and charges count across India 2022, by crime type
Source: Statista
Author: Tanushree Basuroy
Publish Date: Dec 6, 2023
Link: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1118398/india-number-of-persons-arrested-and-charged-for-cyber-crimes-by-crime-type/
Description: In 2022, over 25 thousand people were arrested on account of cyber crimes across India. Furthermore, over 26 thousand people were charged with legal proceedings for such crimes. Overall, the highest number of arrests and legal charges were recorded under computer-related offences, followed by cyber crimes related to the publication and transmission of obscene and sexually explicit data.
18. Number of cyber crimes under DIICOT’s competence Romania 2010-2022
Source: Statista
Author: Statista Research Department
Publish Date: Feb 19, 2024
Link: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1258159/romania-cyber-crimes-diicot/
Description: In 2022, the Directorate for Investigating Organized Crime and Terrorism in Romania closed 1,614 cybercrime cases. However, pending cases have remained above four thousand since 2018.
19. A number of cyber crimes related to sexual harassment India, 2016–2022.
Source: Statista
Author: Tanushree Basuroy
Publish Date: Dec 6, 2023
Link: https://www.statista.com/statistics/875912/india-number-of-cyber-crimes-related-to-sexual-harassment/
Description: There were over 3.4 thousand cases of cybercrime related to sexual harassment or exploitation reported across India in 2022. This was a stark jump in the number of such cyber crimes in the country compared to the years 2016 and 2017. Although the crime rate had indeed gone up in the country from 2018 to 2020, the Indian government’s efforts to establish new mechanisms to tackle cybercrime, along with more awareness among people, were some of the factors causing such a big spike in reported cases of cybercrime.
20. Number of cyber crimes reported in India 2022 by leading state
Source: Statista
Author: Tanushree Basuroy
Publish Date: Dec 6, 2023
Link: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1097071/india-number-of-cyber-crimes-by-leading-state/
Description: In 2022, the state of Telangana in India had the highest number of reported cybercrimes compared to the rest of the country, with over 15 thousand cases registered with the authorities. The country recorded over 65 thousand cases of cybercrime that year, marking a significant increase compared to about 12 thousand cases in 2016.
21. Number of cyber crimes reported in Kenya in 2018–2022.
Source: Statista
Author: Natalie Cowling
Publish Date: Mar 19, 2024
Link: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1278764/number-of-online-crimes-reported-in-kenya/
Description: Reported cyber crimes in Kenya increased to more than 700 million in 2022. This represented an increase of approximately 69 percent in comparison to the previous year. System vulnerabilities were the most reported online crime in the country.
22. Main CyberCrimes Reported in Kenya 2022
Source: Statista
Author: Natalie Cowling
Publish Date: Mar 19, 2024
Link: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1278773/number-of-online-crimes-reported-in-kenya-by-type/
Description: Reported cyber crimes in Kenya increased to over 700 million in 2022. System vulnerabilities were the most common online-related crime in the country, with some 452 million reports. In general, the number of cyber crimes in Kenya has grown by 186 percent since 2018.
23. Cybersecurity threats at companies in Denmark and Norway, 2016–2022.
Source: Statista
Author: Ani Petrosyan
Publish Date: Jul 24, 2023
Link: https://www.statista.com/statistics/871608/cybersecurity-threats-at-companies-in-denmark-norway/
Description: According to CEOs, managers and security experts in Danish and Norwegian organizations, organized crime was the biggest cyber threat for the organizations in the country. The results of the survey conducted in 2022 revealed that three in four found it the most common threat. As of 2022, phishing was the most common cyberattack performed against companies in Denmark, among 76 percent of the respondents. Second in the ranking were supply chain incidents.
24. People arrested for cyber crimes across India in 2022 by leading state
Source: Statista
Author: Tanushree Basuroy
Publish Date: Dec 6, 2023
Link: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1118441/india-persons-arrested-for-cyber-crimes-by-state/
Description: The northern state of Uttar Pradesh in India had the highest number of people arrested for cybercrime charges in 2022, with over 7.1 thousand arrests. Maharashtra followed with over two thousand arrests that same year. Overall, the country saw more than 25 thousand people arrested for cyber crimes that year.
25. Italy: cyber offence against the person 2023
Source: Statista
Author: Laura Ceci
Publish Date: May 15, 2024
Link: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1465797/cyber-offence-against-person-italy/
Description: In 2023, the Italian authorities covering cybercrime and online safety investigated over 9,500 cases of offence against individuals perpetrated on the internet. The authorities put approximately 1,230 people under investigation for alleged crimes against the person committed on the internet, as well as arresting 19 people for crimes such as cyberstalking, online defamation, and revenge porn.
26. Primary and Tabular Data Set for the article titled “Social Media and Cyber Crime: A Socio-Demographic Study of Awareness Level among Indian Youth”
Source: Data Mendeley
Author: Pushkar Dubey
Publish Date: May 3, 2022
Link: https://data.mendeley.com/datasets/s5sfnk28gw/1
Description: Primary and Tabular Data Set for the article titled “Social Media and Cyber Crime: A Socio-Demographic Study of Awareness Level among Indian Youth”
27. Annual cost of cybercrime crime Indonesia: 2018-2028
Source: Statista
Author: Mona Sihaan
Publish Date: Sep 4, 2023
Link: https://www.statista.com/forecasts/1411153/indonesia-cost-of-cyber-crime
Description: In 2022, the cost of cyber crimes in Indonesia reached 4.79 billion U.S. dollars. Over the coming years, the impact of cyber crime is estimated to increase continuously and is projected to reach nearly 6.5 billion U.S. dollars by 2028.
28. Share of cyber crime attacks India by motivation 2016-2017
Source: Statista
Author: Tanushree Basuroy
Publish Date: Mar 15, 2022
Link: https://www.statista.com/statistics/875929/india-share-of-cyber-crime-attacks-by-motivation/
Description: 77.4 percent of the cyber attacks across India in 2017 were motivated by the intention of engaging in cybercrime. The second most common motivation for cyber attacks that year seemed to be cyber espionage, with a share of 14.5 percent of the total cyber crimes.
29. Number of cybercrime cases in South Korea in 2014–2021
Source: Statista
Author: L. Yoon
Publish Date: Jul 5, 2023
Link: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1222208/south-korea-cyber-crime-cases/
Description: In 2021, around 217.8 thousand cybercrime cases were reported to the police, a decrease from the previous year. The most common cases were information network crimes such as internet fraud and cyber financial fraud.
30. Number of cyber crimes in Russia in 2018–2021
Source: Statista
Author: Statista Research Department
Publish Date: Jun 27, 2024
Link: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1196673/number-of-technology-crimes-in-russia/
Description: Over 517 thousand crimes in Russia were committed using the internet, digital devices, or other telecommunication technologies in 2021. Of them, nearly 249.2 thousand were digital fraud cases. The number of technology crimes increased slightly compared to the previous year.
31. Number of police-reported cyber crimes in Canada in 2022, by type
Source: Statista
Author: Ani Petrosyan
Publish Date: Mar 21, 2024
Link: https://www.statista.com/statistics/613405/police-reported-cybercrimes-type-canada/
Description: In 2022, fraud was the most police-reported type of cybercrime in Canada. During the measured year, there were 36,839 such cases in the country. The number of indecent or harassing communications incidents decreased to nearly 5,600 in 2022, down from approximately 6,200 in the previous year.
32. Most reported cybercrime in the U.S. 2023, by number of individuals affected
Source: Statista
Author: Ani Petrosyan
Publish Date: Apr 12, 2024
Link: https://www.statista.com/statistics/184083/commonly-reported-types-of-cyber-crime-us/
Description: In 2023, the most common type of cybercrime reported to the United States Internet Crime Complaint Center was phishing and spoofing, affecting approximately 298 thousand individuals. In addition, over 55 thousand cases of personal data breaches in India were reported to the IC3 during that year.
33. Number of cyber crimes related to data theft across India, 2016–2022.
Source: Statista
Author: Tanushree Basuroy
Publish Date: Dec 6, 2023
Link: https://www.statista.com/statistics/875925/india-number-of-cyber-crimes-related-to-data-theft/
Description: In 2022, there were around 97 cases of data theft reported across India. There was a drop in the number of cyber crimes related to data theft compared to the previous year. Growing digital adoption and a lack of cyber security awareness could be two important factors associated with the increasing cyber crime in the country.
34. The number of privacy violations and cyber crimes reported in India 2022 by leading state
Source: Statista
Author: Tanushree Basuroy
Publish Date: Jun 24, 2024
Link: https://www.sviolations,m/statistics/1097589/india-number-of-cyber-crimes-of-privacy-violations-by-leading-state/
Description: In 2022, the northern state of Uttar Pradesh in India had the highest number of cases reported about online privacy violations, with more than 115 cases registered with the authorities. The country recorded approximately 423 cases of online privacy violations that year. This category of crime came under the purview of Section 66E of the Indian Penal Code.
35. Nature of crime: fraud and computer misuse
Source: Government of UK
Author: Nick Stripe
Publish Date: January 30, 2024
Link: https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/crimeandjustice/datasets/natureofcrimefraudandcomputermisuse
Description: Annual data on the nature of fraud and computer misuse offences. Data for the years ending March 2021 and March 2022 are from the Telephone-operated Crime Survey for England and Wales (TCSEW).
36. Primary and Tabular Data Set for the article titled Media and Cyber Crime: A Socio-Demographic Study of Awareness Level among Indian Youth;
Source: B2Finds
Author: Pushkar Dubey
Publish Date: 2022
Link: https://b2find.dkrz.de/dataset/84862491-9d99-583a-9b22-4cf62bfbca32
Description: Primary and Tabular Data Set for the article titled “Social Media and Cyber Crime: A Socio-Demographic Study of Awareness Level among Indian Youth”
37. Cyber Crimes Center (C3)
Source: Catalogue Data.gov
Author: ICE
Publish Date: November 12, 2023
Link: https://catalog.data.gov/dataset/cyber-crimes-center-c3
Description: This dataset is about how C3 conducts cross-border criminal investigations of internet-related crimes within the HSI portfolio of immigration and customs authorities. C3 is responsible for identifying and targeting cybercrime activities over which HSI has jurisdiction.
38. Union budget data for Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Center (2019-20 to 2022-23)
Source: Justice Hub
Author: Justice Hub
Publish Date: February 8-2022
Link: https://justicehub.in/dataset/union-budget-data-for-indian-cyber-crime-coordination-center
Description: This provision is for meeting expenditure on the Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre that was established to act as a nodal point in the fight against cybercrime.
39. Cyber Crimes: Master Data: Year-, State- and City-wise Total Number of Cyber Crimes Committed in India
Source: Dataful
Author: National Crime Record Bureau
Link: https://dataful.in/datasets/19205/
Description: The dataset contains year-, state- and city-wise historically compiled data on the total number of cyber crimes committed in Indian cities with over one million people.
40. Types of cybercrime in companies in Germany 2023
Source: Statista
Author: Kasla Devis
Publish Date: Mar 15, 2024
Link: https://www.statista.com/statistics/429635/cyber-crime-in-companies-germany/
Description: In 2023, it was found that around 41 percent of companies in Germany were affected by the theft of digital data. 21 percent of companies said that they were probably impacted by the theft of sensitive documents.
41. Anger as motive for cyber crimes in India 2022, by leading state
Source: Statista
Author: Tanushree Basuroy
Publish Date: Jun 24, 2024
Link: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1098629/india-angeof cybercrimer-crime-by-leading-state/
Description: In 2022, the state of Telangana in India had the highest number of cyber crimes motivated by anger in comparison to the rest of the country. There were approximately 217 cases registered with the Maharashtra authorities. Overall, the country recorded more than 792 cases of cybercrime with anger as motive that year. These crimes came under the purview of numerous sections of the Indian Penal Code under the Information Technology Act (Cyber Crimes).
42. Slander as motive for cyber crime in India 2022, by leading state
Source: Statista
Author: Tanushree Basuroy
Publish Date: Jun 24, 2024
Link: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1098734/india-defamation-as-motive-for-cyber-crime-by-leading-state/
Description: In 2022, the state of Kerala in India had the highest number of cyber crimes motivated by slander, with approximately 15 cases registered with the authorities. The country recorded a total of over 61 cases of cyber crimes with slander as a motive that year. These crimes came under the purview of numerous sections of the Indian Penal Code under the Information Technology Act (Cyber Crimes).
43. Extortion as motive for Cyber Crime in India 2022, by leading state
Source: Statista
Author: Tanushree Basuroy
Publish Date: Dec 6, 2023
Link: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1098675/india-extortion-as-motive-for-cyber-crime-by-leading-state/
Description: In 2022, the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh had the highest number of cyber crimes with extortion as a motive, with over one thousand cases registered with the authorities. The country recorded a total of over 3.6 thousand cases of cyber crimes motivated by extortion that year. These crimes came under the purview of numerous sections of the Indian Penal Code under the Information Technology Act (Cyber Crimes).
44. Cyber crimes motivated by revenge in India 2022 by leading state
Source: Statista
Author: Tanushree Basuroy
Publish Date: Jun 24, 2024
Link: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1098615/india-revenge-as-motive-for-cyber-crime-by-leading-state/
Description: In 2022, the northeastern state of Assam in India had the highest number of cyber crimes motivated by feelings of personal revenge when compared to the rest of the country. There were approximately 257 cases registered with the Assamese authorities that year. The state of Bihar came in second with 112 registered cases. Overall, the country recorded approximately 857 cases of various cyber crimes with revenge as a motive that year. These crimes came under the purview of numerous sections of the Indian Penal Code under the Information Technology Act (Cyber Crimes).
45. Annual number of complaints about internet crime, 2000–2023.
Source: Statista
Author: Ani Petrosyan
Publish Date: Jul 17, 2024
Link: https://www.statista.com/statistics/267546/number-of-complaints-about-us-internet-crime/
Description: The annual number of complaints of cybercrime received annually on the U.S. Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) website increased significantly between 2000 and 2023. The center received over 880 thousand complaints in the most recent reported year.
46. Annual amount of financial damage caused by reported cybercrime in U.S. 2001–2023
Source: Statista
Author: Ani Petrosyan
Publish Date: Apr 15, 2024
Link: https://www.statista.com/statistics/267132/total-damage-caused-by-by-cybercrime-in-the-us/
Description: In 2023, the monetary damage caused by cybercrime reported to the United States’ Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) saw a year-over-year increase of around 21 percent, amounting to a historical peak of 12.5 billion U.S. dollars.
47. People arrested for cyber crimes across India in 2022 by leading state
Source: Statista
Author: Tanushree Basuroy
Publish Date: Dec 6, 2023
Link: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1118441/india-persons-arrested-for-cyber-crimes-by-state/
Description: The northern state of Uttar Pradesh in India had the highest number of people arrested for cybercrime charges in 2022, with over 7.1 thousand arrests. Maharashtra followed with over two thousand arrests that same year. Overall, the country saw more than 25 thousand people arrested for cyber crimes that year.
48. Number of cyber crimes related to online banking across India, 2016–2022.
Source: Statista
Author: Tanushree Basuroy
Publish Date: Dec 6, 2023
Link: https://www.statista.com/statistics/875887/india-number-of-cyber-crimes-related-to-online-banking/
Description: In 2022, there were over 6.4 thousand cases of online banking fraud reported across India. This was a big increase in the number of banking fraud cases compared to the previous year. Telangana had the highest number of cases of about 3,223 banking frauds that year.
49. Fraud as motive for cyber crime in India 2022, by leading state
Source: Statista
Author: Tanushree Basuroy
Publish Date: Dec 6, 2023
Link: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1098667/india-fraud-as-motive-for-cyber-crime-by-leading-state/
Description: In 2022, the southern state of Karnataka in India had the highest number of cyber crimes committed with the motivation to defraud. The state of Telangana came in second with over ten thousand cases of cyber fraud. The country recorded more than 42 thousand cases of cybercrime motivated by fraudulent behaviour that year. These crimes came under the purview of numerous sections of the Indian Penal Code under the Information Technology Act (Cybercrimes).
50. Share of suspected cyber crime cases related to COVID-19 in Japan 2020, by type
Source: Statista
Author: Statista Research Department
Publish Date: Apr 19, 2022
Link: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1226025/japan-share-of-suspected-cyber-crime-cases-related-to-coronavirus-by-type/
Description: Fraud accounted for more than 50 percent of suspected cybercrime cases related to the coronavirus (COVID-19) that were recorded by the police in Japan in 2020. These included cases, for instance, in which customers paid for masks on online shopping websites without receiving the products they paid for. Cases involving suspicious e-mails and websites made up more than 15 percent during that year. In total, the police counted 887 cases of suspected cyber crimes related to COVID-19 in 2020.
Conclusion
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