More than three dozen cities and villages across nine states from Delhi to Andhra Pradesh and Gujarat to Assam have become hotbeds of cybercrime, which are being closely monitored by law enforcement agencies, sources said on Tuesday.
In addition, a number of hostile countries have long been trying to cripple India’s financial system and national security network, where the government is putting additional precautions in place.
States where cyber crime hotspots have been located include Haryana, Delhi, Jharkhand, Bihar, West Bengal, Assam, Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat and Andhra Pradesh, they said.
Emerging cities, towns and villages with cyber crime are: Mewat, Bhiwani, Nuh, Palwal, Manota, Hasanpur, Hathan Gaon (all in Haryana), Ashok Nagar, Uttam Nagar, Shakarpur, Harkesh Nagar, Okhla, Azadpur (all in Delhi) , Banka, Begusarai, Jamui, Nawada, Nalanda, Gaya (Bihar), Barpeta, Dhubri, Goalpara, Morigaon, Nagaon (Assam), Jamtara, Deoghar (Jharkhand), Asansol, Durgapur (West Bengal), Ahmedabad, Surat (Gujarat) , Azamgarh (Uttar Pradesh) and Chittoor (Andhra Pradesh).
Foreign cyber attackers mostly belong to countries like China, Pakistan and Turkey, the sources said.
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