E-raksha campaign to check cyber crime:Police

BOKARO: The police department has selected Chinmaya Vidyalaya here to host e-raksha campaign after the school became a victim of cyber crime. Some months ago, cyber criminals had hacked the official website of the school, which was the first case of its kind to be lodged with Sector VI police station in the city.

On Thursday, IG, operation and special branch, S N Pradhan asked students to be smart and responsible while surfing the internet as the cyber world is fascinating but there are dangers lurking behind the internet. Pradhan along with the chief technical officer of special branch, Vineet Kumar created awareness on dangers of cyber world and precautions to be taken to safeguard themselves from becoming victims of cyber crime. Hundreds of students from 15 different schools were present at Chinmaya Vidyalaya.
The function was organised during the launch of e-raksha campaign of the Cyber Defense Research Centre (CDRC), special branch under the aegis of Jharkhand Police. Apart from Pradhan, IG, North Chhotanagpur zone, M L Meena, DIG, Coal Belt, Laxman Prasad Singh and SP, Bokaro, Kuldeep Dwivedi were also present. Pradhan, while addressing the students said, "If you are using internet, you can become a victim of cyber crime. The police have come to the school to warn you about the evils of internet. It is time to be alert and smart in opening e-mail account and browsing web".

Vineet discussed various case studies and asked students to be careful in opening email accounts. Don't create passwords of less than eight characters and remix alphabets, numericals and symbols. Change passwords of your email, facebook accounts at least once in every six months.Source-TOI