Hyderabad: Cybercrimes in Telangana are on the rise with the Hindi-speaking ability of the people in the state being attributed as the major reason. A high number of people who speak and understand Hindi, use technology. These make Telangana unique among the southern states. It is exactly these reasons that are making money for cybercriminals.
According to National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) figures, 50,035 cybercrimes were registered in the country in 2020 and Telangana is in the fourth position after Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka, and Maharashtra. A 13.4 percent of the cases registered in the state are cyber crimes which mark a rise in cyber frauds in contrast to traditional crimes.
Hundreds of cases are being reported, from hacking into the servers of banks and diverting money into their accounts, stealing the details of clients, emptying their accounts, hacking the computers of various organizations, and looting money by carrying out ransomware attacks. In addition to these, many cybercriminals call gullible people saying that they have won the lottery and have a chance to become a millionaire, and if they do not register their credentials like a bank account, transactions will be stopped.