“I do not know who did this and for what purpose, but I warned all my friends about the cloned account,” says Tavishi. Still, the cloned profiles are growing, making India one of the top destinations for cyber attacks, according to the National Investigation Agency (NIA). “Every sixth social media user in India is a victim of online fraud, and 16% of online frauds are social media scams,” says Alok Mittal, inspector general at NIA. Meanwhile, down south, Christow Saji, administrator and lead of Kerala Cyber Warrios is helping netizens deal with social media and internet scams. “They were troubled deeply when their social media profiles were compromised,” Saji says.

Source: Hindustan Times September 05, 2016 02:48 UTC