Cyber Crimes and Offences
Cyber Crimes and Offences Defining "Cyber Crimes" • The term "cyber-crimes" is not defined in any statute or rulebook. The word "cyber" is slang for anything relating to computers, information technology, internet and virtual reality. Therefore, it stands to reason that "cyber-crimes" are offences relating to computers, information technology, internet and virtual reality. • One finds laws that penalise cyber-crimes in a number of statutes and even in regulations framed by various regulators. The Information Technology Act, 2000 ("IT Act") and the Indian Penal Code, 1860 ("IPC") penalise a number of cyber-crimes and unsurprisingly, there are many provisions in the IPC and the IT Act that overlap with each other. Provisions in the IT Act for Cyber Crimes Hacking and Data Theft: • Sections 43 and 66 of the IT Act penalise a number of activities ranging f...