{"id":37077,"date":"2018-06-04T11:56:57","date_gmt":"2018-06-04T06:11:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/techlekh.com\/?p=37077"},"modified":"2018-06-04T11:56:57","modified_gmt":"2018-06-04T06:11:57","slug":"cyber-crimes-rise-kathmandu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/techlekh.com.\/cyber-crimes-rise-kathmandu\/","title":{"rendered":"Cyber Crimes on the Rise in Kathmandu"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"panel-heading\">\n<p>A total of 1,176 <a href=\"https:\/\/techlekh.com\/tag\/cyber-security\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">cyber crimes<\/a> have been registered within the last ten months of the current fiscal year at the Metropolitan Police Crime Division (MPCD). Majority of those cases were related to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/techlekh.com\/tag\/facebook\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a>, E-mails, <a href=\"https:\/\/techlekh.com\/tag\/twitter\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/techlekh.com\/tag\/youtube\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">YouTube<\/a>, SMS, and <a href=\"https:\/\/techlekh.com\/tag\/atm\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ATM<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Why it matters:<\/strong><\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"panel-body\">\n<ul>\n<li>This increase in cyber crimes can be related to the increased\u00a0access\u00a0of people to social networking sites. According to MPCD chief, Dhiraj Pratap Singh, the cases have been filed against 54 people, mostly within the age group of 12-45.<\/li>\n<li>He also said that &#8220;37 individuals were taken action for crimes in various social networking sites, two for passport hacking, 11 for issuing threats through SMS, three in fraud cases on fake lottery schemes through SMS and two for character assassination through youtube.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>Due to the circumstances, Minister for\u00a0Finance, Dr. Yuvraj Khatiwada, during the budget speech on May 29 had allocated budget for the establishment of a Cyber Crime Control Bureau.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Editor&#8217;s Recommendations<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/techlekh.com\/nepal-national-cyber-security-index\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nepal Ranks 92 in National Cyber Security Index<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/techlekh.com\/global-cyber-security-summit-2018\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Global Cyber Security Summit 2018 to Take Place on July 27 and 28<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/techlekh.com\/threat-report-2017-cyber-security-nepal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Threat Report 2017: Current State and Vulnerability of Cyber Security of Nepal<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A total of 1,176 cyber crimes have been registered within the last ten months of the current fiscal year at the Metropolitan Police Crime Division (MPCD). 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