Other than phishing, online lottery frauds and hacking, how is the Internet being misused?
The Internet has now become an easy recruitment platform for terror groups who, through the web, are propagating their views and ideologies to lure people into joining them. How dangerous can a cyber attack be and what problems can it lead to? From traffic signals going off to dams being opened remotely, banks wiped out of cash, ATM networks going dead and train and air ticketing systems going haywire leading to heavy losses. What steps should the government take to deal with such serious problems? The American government has already taken up the issue seriously. They have an officer of the rank of general appointed as in-charge of their cyber command. They expect that the next war would not be fought on the battlefield but through the internet. The Indian government should also have a specialised wing working on internet security 24/7. We should have 500 hackers on call working for the government. In many cases like cyber frauds and online cheating, despite tracing the computer used b
