Hyderabad City Police Launches 'Delete' Campaign To Fight Against
Cyber Crime
Increasingly
Internet users are being trapped by cyber criminals causing large
financial losses, sometimes victims have been wiped of earnings they have
accumulated in their lifetime. Along with the sharp increase in cyber
crimes, multiple forms of cyber crimes are causing much heartburn and
nuisance to thousands of people in the cyberspace.
Hyderabad|India|June'2009: As a preventive
measure against cyber crime, Hyderabad City Police launched ‘Delete’
campaign for the first time in Andhra Pradesh, India. The focus of this
educational campaign is to get citizens to be cyber smart. This campaign
involves lectures, experience sharing in the form of presentations on
safety on the Internet by the Cyber Cops and IT Core Teams of Hyderabad
City.
‘Delete’ campaign encourages participation to share experiences and
invites people to become ‘Cybervangelist’. Cybervangelists are the people
who break the silence, share their experience with others, and bring any
suspicious activities on the Internet to police notice. This way
Cybervangelists facilitate to prevent cyber crime and help other people to
make smart choices when they are online.
This campaign aims to teach individuals, and organizations not to be a ‘Cyberlamb’,
which means someone who believes whatever they come across on the
Internet. ‘Delete’ campaign also offers ‘Cyber Mantra’, which includes
list of things to do when you are online. Cyber Mantra gives a list of ‘to
do’ and ‘not to do’ for people to guard themselves online. Further, the
Delete campaign also features ‘Cyber Gifts’. Those who participate in the
campaign are provided gifts like baseball caps, ID card straps, t- shirts
etc.
The ‘Delete’ campaign is aimed at helping citizens to realize the damage
that could be caused by being ignorant of cyber crime. The campaign also
has created a website at
http://www.hyderabadpolice.gov.in/DeleteCamp/WhatIsDelete.htm
that helps citizens to understand the preventive measures that can be
taken to protect themselves. The website has some real life examples of
people who have been victims of cyber crimes.
It is high time to realize the importance of taking preventive measures
against cyber crime. Creating strong awareness among citizens is an
essential part of the preventive measures. The ‘Delete’ Campaign’s primary
purpose is to create this awareness.
Cyber Crime Cell is a recent addition in the Detective Department of
Hyderabad City Police. This is equipped with all the gadgets to collect
the digital evidence from the crime scene, track all the offenders in the
cyber space etc. ‘Delete’ campaign is an initiative launched by Hyderabad
City Police for the first time in Andhra Pradesh to prevent cyber crime
online.
Reachout's News Bureau
June' 2009
