1. Information Technology Act 2000 “ Rather than giving Information and technology Gives rise to cyber crime.”
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10. Famous Cyber Crime Cases in India Three customer service agents of call centre contractor MphasiS BFL, working on the Citibank account, gained the confidence of four US customers and obtained their PIN numbers and other classified account information. They then used these to transfer money out of those customers' accounts and into the accounts of members of their gang . An Indian court has granted bail to a schoolboy who allegedly recorded a sexual act between himself and a 16-year-old girl on his mobile phone. The clip was later sold on video CDs via auction site Baazee.com, sparking the arrest of its manager for India.
16. Amendment of IT Act 2000 Section Change 66 "Dishonesty" and "Fraudulent" intention made necessary, "Without permission of the owner of the computer" has also become a condition precedent to application of Section 66. The imprisonment term remains the same but fine has been increased. 66A Provides cover for Cyber stalking, Spam, threat mails, Phishing mails, SMS, etc. 66C Covers Identity theft which was not specifically covered earlier. Earlier such offences were to be covered under Section 66 as "Diminishing of the value of information" 66E This is a new section which covers Video Voyeurism which was not covered at all earlier. 66F Covers "Cyber Terrorism" and makes it punishable with imprisonment upto life term. This may cover hacking, denial of access attacks, Port Scanning, spreading viruses etc. if it can be linked to the object of terrorizing people. Conspiracy is also covered under the section. The offence would not be bailable or compoundable. 67A Covers obscenity which involves "Sexually explicit content". The punishment is 5 years as in the earlier act. Fine is higher.
17. Ammendments Contd.. 67B This addresses child pornography and makes searching and browsing also as offences. 67C Requires specified data to be retained for specified periods by Intermediaries failure of which becomes punishable with three years imprisonment. The "Intermediaries" here would include cyber cafes, ISPs, MSPs, e-auction sites etc. 69 Powers being made available to any officer designated by either the Central or State Government to "Intercept" information whether in transit or storage. Imprisonment for 7 years and it is non bailable and non compoundable. 69A Provides powers to a designated officer of the Central Government to "Block websites". Imprisonment for 7 years and it is non bailable and non compoundable. 69B Provides powers to a designated officer of the Central Government to "collect traffic data" from any computer resource imprisonment for 3 years and it is bailable and compoundable.
18. Global Initiatives Five countries from three continents banding together to fight cyber crime in a synergistic way by sharing intelligence, swapping tools and best practices, and strengthening and even synchronizing their respective laws