Chief Secy launches Punjab police’s ‘Cyber surakhya’ campaign

To check cyber threats in the digital era, Punjab Chief Secretary Vini Mahajan on Friday launched a three month long cyber campaign “Cyber Surakhya” in the state on the occasion of Universal Children’s Day being celebrated on 20th November every year.

This campaign is jointly organized by the state in collaboration with the CyberPeace Foundation (CPF), an award-winning leading civil society organization and think tank of cyber security and policy experts.

Launching the three months long campaign in the presence of DGP Punjab Dinkar Gupta, Mahajan said according to the latest NCRB data, over 28,000 cyber crimes were committed in 2019. She added that such campaigns are necessary for educating the common public regarding the risks of losing hard earned money from their bank accounts merely on account of lack of digital literacy.