DoT launches Digital Intelligence Portal, ‘Chakshu’ facility to curb cybercrimes, financial frauds

NEW DELHI: The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) on Monday launched its ‘Digital Intelligence Platform (DIP)’ to curb the misuse of telecom resources in cybercrimes and financial frauds, and the ‘Chakshu’ facility on the Sanchar Saathi portal to enable citizens to report suspected fraud communication.

Union telecom, IT and railways minister Ashwini Vaishnaw, while announcing these new initiatives, said that the government has been persistently making efforts to check cyber frauds under the secure India project at three levels: national, organisational, and individual, as per an official statement from the Ministry of Communications.