'CyberDost': Home Ministry Steps Towards Awareness On Prevention Of Cyber Crime

A dedicated Twitter handle has also been launched!

The rise in the rate of cybercrime has created a sense of worry. For which online frauds and other criminal activities are speeding up.

Amidst the rise, the Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has taken several big initiatives to spread awareness among the common people on the prevention of cybercrime.

As per the information, The Home Ministry has also launched a dedicated Twitter handle @CyberDost to spread awareness among people about cybercrimes and what normal precautions they should take to avoid them. 

This Twitter handle is aimed at enhancing people’s basic knowledge about cybercrimes and precautions to be taken for prevention. Through the Twitter handle, the MHA has tweeted over 1066 cyber safety tips through short videos, images, and creative. Besides this, the MHA also undertook radio campaigns for the prevention of cybercrime. The Home Ministry also sent more than 100 crore SMSes on creating awareness about the prevention of cybercrime.

Nearly 1,066 cyber safety tips in the form of images, short videos, and creatives have been shared through tweets with more than 3.64 lakh followers through this Twitter handle.

As per the information, this awareness message has also been spread through radio campaigns and over 100 crore SMSs to the public on cybercrimes.

Meanwhile, one after another many other crimes have been reported frequently, one or another person is trapped under the fraudery. The crime count is incessantly increasing for which many awareness messages are being shared.