Cyber criminals become active during lockdown

There has been a spurt in cases of cybercrime amid the lockdown restrictions, police said on Thursday. Unregistered websites offering home delivery of items –right from liquor to essential services– have become hunting grounds for cybercriminals here, they added.

Since the lockdown was imposed, cyber frauds in Jamtara –infamous as the cybercrime capital of India– have been active. In fact, some of them even succeeded in duping people in West Bengal on the pretext of delivering liquor to their doorsteps, news reports have said. The incidents occured soon after West Bengal Chief Minister announced home delivery of liquor and later retracted.