Extortion as motive for cyber crime in India 2022, by leading state

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Tanushree Basuroy
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Dec 6, 2023
In 2022, the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh had the highest number of cyber crimes with extortion as a motive with over one thousand cases registered with the authorities. The country recorded a total of over 3.6 thousand cases of cyber crimes motivated by extortion that year. These crimes came under the purview of numerous sections of the Indian Penal Code under Information Technology Act (Cyber crimes).

Number of cyber crimes with extortion as motive reported across India in 2022, by leading state

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December 2023

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2022

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Figures are as per the data provided by individual states and union territories.

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