Around 50% of cyber-crime complaints received on the national cyber crime helpline every day have their origin in China and pockets of Cambodia and Myanmar, Rajesh Kumar, chief executive officer of Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C), Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) said on Wednesday.
Mr. Kumar was addressing a press conference on Tuesday. He said that on average 5,000 cyber complaints are registered in the country every day. From April 1, 2021-December 31, 2023, ₹10,319 crore had been lost to cyber fraud, he said. In 2023, around 15.5 lakh cyber crime complaints were received, up from 26,049 such complaints in 2019. In the past five years, 31 lakh cyber crime complaints were received and FIRs were filed in 66,000 cases.
“5,000 complaints are filed every day. Our estimate is that around 40-50% originate outside the country. When I say outside the country, the country that you mentioned, not the nation State, but the gangs that are operating from those countries are running these applications. We have pockets in Cambodia and Myanmar. We are seeing Chinese Apps, who is denying?” Mr. Kumar said responding to a question by The Hindu on the volume of frauds and cyber-crimes that originate from China.
