The rise of cybercrimes is increasing day by day, and it has raised severe concern in the minds of individuals, businesspeople, companies, and government sites. Usually, they target companies, businesspeople, or government officials where they can get a high amount of money. The word “ransomware” is combined with two words, “ransom” and "ware," where “ransom” is the payment of cash and ware is derived from the software. So, it is software that demands money. You can solve it through Cyber Crime complaint.

What is the purpose of ransomware?

Usually, ransomware grips on files and folders else that are vital for the users. If the transaction details of the bank are masked and when the manager clicks on it, it will demand money to get the original file. Nothing will be visible from your desktop or laptop. It is a critical issue for every company manager or high-profile business manager. Unless you pay the demanded money to the hacker, you will not get your file recovered. This is what the ransomware does.

Behind any ransomware, there is a black hat hacker or group of hackers who set the software in a way that clicks on, which will demand money from the hacked system, and the system operators have to pay it to unlock it. The hackers create such a strong path that cannot prevent modern antivirus software. If the antivirus software works on it, the malware or ransomware cannot attack the file. Hence, the virus is more powerful than the modern antivirus. Though modern antivirus is powerful, ransomware is generated by top-level software engineers that get pushed through the internet service, links, and applications. They sit on your system and corrupt all your data.

You can remove them by formatting the system, but it is critical to forget all your important data from your office, bank, or business payments. So, ransomware must be prevented to get demanded millions of dollars. If your system gets hacked, is there any other way to get rid of it? You can file a cyber-complaint. If they become active, maybe your important data will get saved. They have a high level of software engineers that do the ethical hacks and solve the issues.

What is a Cybercrime?

Cybercrime is the illegal activities conducted through digital media that enter into a device and attach the device’s software and, in some special cases, the hardware. They target smartphones, computers, and similar digital devices where people save their important data.

Malware, ransomware, and other kinds of viruses:

• Phishing Cyber Attack

It is a deceptive attempt by cyber criminals that try to obtain digital information like passwords, credit and debit card details, and bank account details and then tamper with your bank account or other details without your information.

• Online fraud

Cybercriminals play tricks on digital platforms and attack to commit shopping fraud, lottery scams, investment frauds, and many more.

• Identity Theft

They send viruses to the user’s device and enter the software to track the personal identity-sharing option and try to gain financially.

• Direct Hacking

There are several instances where the back hat hackers hack the computer and operate from a distance. Thus, they steal all the data they want and manipulate. Thus, they either demand money or steal by themselves by using user data.

• Cyberbullying

Making harassing activities, bullying, and cheating by using digital media, social media, emails, and massage applications.

• Ransomware

It is the software that masks all your data folders and demands money to unlock or restore.

How to raise a Cyber Crime complaint?

You can directly file a complaint or request to solve the cyber issue to the National Cyber Crime Reporting Portal (NCCRP). You will get the solution against it.

The Role of NCCRP

The portal is launched by the Ministry of Home Affairs. Through this portal (cybercrime.gov.in), you can raise a complaint against unknown hackers. The portal was created to support, simplify, and bring solutions for the cyber issues happening in India. The victims can raise a complaint without fear, even in some complicated procedures. The victims can also learn the status of the Cyber Crime complaint they have filed.

Steps to file a complaint for cybercrime in India

1. Understand the nature of cybercrime

You have to understand the nature of the crime that happened to you of your family. It might be money-related, cheating, fishing women trafficking, pornography, or exploitation.

After identifying the category, you have to file a complaint.

2. Submit all relevant information.

When you file a complaint against anybody, any person, or any unknown person. You have to provide all relevant information, which may include screenshots, transaction reports, email headers, email printouts, chat logs, the links that they sent you, and more. You have to update all these through the relevant National Cyber Crime Reporting Portal, and the URL is already shared.

3. Fill in the Complaint Form

You have to fill out the form and all their relevant or essential sections with relevant data from your gadget that is hacked or on which the crime happened.  You have to file with the following data to the relevant niches.

General Information, Victim Information, Cyber Crime Information, Suspect Information, etc. information is necessary and then you have to “Upload Evidence”. Then, you have to click on the “Preview and Submit” option.

As soon as you submit it, you will get a Unique Complaint Number. This number must be kept saved as you can learn the status of the complaint by logging in to the portal through this complaint ID. This ID will also be sent to your email address that you have submitted.

4. Follow-Up and Support

You can follow up complaint you have launched. The National Cyber Crime Reporting Portal provides the facility to enquire about the status of your complaint. Some critical cybercrime activities may take several weeks and months to get resolved.

Apart from this process, you can raise a complaint through the FIR to the police station and they will send the report to the cybercrime department under the legislation you have been residing.

In this way, you can raise a Cyber Crime complaint to get a faster resolution. The ways of attacking your system may be different but you have to apply to the national Cyber Crime reporting portal is almost similar. If you feel the entire process is complicated, you can contact Online Legal India to get it resolved soon. Contact them today!