While India’s other 1.3 billion people remain at home, the government has reported an increase in cyber activities, adding one that attempted to sell the world’s largest statue.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced a 21-day national closure on March 24. Other people in India are only allowed to leave their homes to meet their fundamental needs; devoted meetings are explicitly prohibited.
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Federal Interior Ministry officials told Reuters that there had been an 86% increase in cybercrime in the last 4 weeks as the pandemic paralyzed the world.
In one of these, online he tried to sell the world’s largest statue for $4 billion, claiming that the proceeds were earmarked for the Gujarat state government to fund his reaction to COVID-19.
The “Statue of Unity” represents Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, one of India’s founding fathers, and opened in October 2018 in Kevadia, in the western state of Gujarat. That’s almost twice the height of the Statue of Liberty in New York.
Officials told the news firm that the scammers have created versions of Modi’s “PM CARES Fund” that were introduced to combat the coronavirus and that they resemble the official website.
Many Indians and Americans known as non-resident Indians (NRI) have casualties.
“We have won more than 8,300 court cases from Americans across India and NRI who have donated thousands of dollars in accounts,” Reuters was told by a senior Interior Ministry official.
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Online scams have arisen when criminals attack other people who already distrust the pandemic. In the United States, the FBI warned of a scheme of Costco’s “recovery control” and other phishing emails.
Fake remedies, remedies seem to be online; Garber, cybersecurity expert.
The 21-day blockade in India is expected to end next week, however, regionals are calling on the government to extend or leave some restrictions.
The leading minister of the southern state of Telangana said Tuesday that if the economy is suffering a blow, saving lives is more important.
“I am in favor of blocking the country even more after April 15. Because we can overcome the economic problem. But we can’t get lives back,” Chandrasekhar Rao told reporters.
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As of Tuesday, there were 4911 reported cases of COVID-19 and at least 137 deaths in India, to Johns Hopkins University.
The Associated Press contributed to the report.