Aadhaar linking could trigger wave of online economic offences: Experts
4 Nov 2017 4:15 PM GMT
New Delhi: The Indian government's decision to link vital Aadhaar number to bank accounts, income tax and mobile phones could trigger a wave of internet financial crimes in the country
" Cyber crime is rapidly rising worldwide including India as criminals use the Internet to commit a multitude of criminal activities using the Internet and law enforcement agencies are struggling to cope with the huge growth of the problem, with linking of Aadhar card with banking and phone numbers on the internet increases the risk of financial frauds," said Arvind Gopal, Attorney, Digital Crimes Unit, at Microsoft while speaking at a seminar on 'Cyber Crime and Data Protection, Challenges' organised by the Indian National Bar Association (INBA) late last evening at Indian Law Institute in New Delhi.
Others who spoke on the occasion included Neeraj Aarora, Eminent Cyber Security Lawyer, Rajesh Tandon, former High Court Judge, Uttarakhand, P K Malhotra, Former Secretary, Ministry of Law and justice and Rajender Kathal, a Technology expert .
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