At least 2.7 crore Indians got their identities stolen in one way or another in 2020: Norton report

As far as cyber threats are concerned, Indians are one of the most targeted user groups in the world and the Norton Cyber Safety Insights report for 2021has shed some light on exactly what the trouble areas are. As per the Norton report, most Indians were targeted by online identity thefts. While this is not strictly surprising, the numbers put the seriousness into perspective. Norton claims that as per its survey, over 45% of adult internet users in India faced identity theft in 2020. This number is up by almost 40% since 2019 and 2.7 crore Indians were targeted by online identity thefts in 2020 – that’s about 2% of India’s entire population.