"Our research points to the fact that technology companies are not stringently safeguarding the interests of children towards ensuring their cyber wellbeing," Patankar added. "Millions of kids in Maharastra today are being exposed to cybercrimes owing to the ease of access and anonymity that internet offers," Sonali Patankar, Founder President, Responsible Netism, said in a statement. The research found that 37 per cent of the students revealed that they were affected by some sort of cybercrime including their accounts being hacked, cyberbullying, being threatened online, harassment by strangers and even receiving pornographic content. The survey by a non-profit startup Responsible Netism and Cyber Peace Foundation, Maharashtra State Council of Educational Research and Training (MSCERT) was conducted between October 2019 to February 2020 to understand internet usage trends of children across Maharashtra. ![]() Malware is software that is secretly installed on an individual’s computer when they visit an unsafe website or download an infected file – it will search for data stored on the computer and track when personal information is entered into forms.Phishing will usually involve a fake email or website that entices a user into entering their credit card details in good faith.Personal details can be obtained in several different ways, common methods include ‘phishing’, and malware.Specialist criminal groups can target individuals to steal personal information and then profit from the compromised data available to them.
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