Our group members have visited the police foundation, cybercrime wing department. Mr jibran brief us on different aspects of cyber-related
topics and what is happening in Pakistan. In 23 percent of the complaints,
social media networking site — Facebook — was used as a medium Of over 100,000
complaints filed with the FIA cybercrime wing across the country in 2021, most
were related to (women) harassment, financial fraud, defamation, and hate
speech. In cases related to the modesty of a natural person uploading objectionable pictures and videos
of women by ex-husband, ex-fiancé, or boyfriend (to blackmail them. Child
pornography is another area in which the cybercrime wing receives complaints not
only from here but also from abroad. According to the FIA statistics, 52
persons were arrested for their alleged involvement in either producing,
distributing, or transmitting pornographic material related to children. He
further said the major instrument used in the commission of cyber-related
financial frauds in Pakistan was the availability of fake SIMs, activated
through fake thumbprints using silicon papers.
“All branchless banking and online frauds are committed
through these fake SIMs. The medium used by the fraudsters are through call
/SMS, email, WhatsApp, Facebook, spoofed websites, and skimming devices,” Mr. Qureshi said, and added mode of transfer was mostly branchless banking, IBFT,
ATM, Credit Card and cryptocurrency.
In 2021 only, more than 60,000 fake activated SIMs, 6,700
silicon thumb impressions and 3,000 silicon sheets were recovered during the crackdown in different parts of the country.
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