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Absence of surveillance at ATM boothscombined with lack of awareness among debit card users has led to a surge inATM related cyber-crimes by over 20 times in just four years
Absence of surveillance at ATM boothscombined with lack of awareness among debit card users has led to a surge inATM related cyber-crimes by over 20 times in just four years
From just six cases in 2011, the number of ATM
card-related cyber crimes soared by over 20 times to 122 in 2014. This, in the
absence of information security guidelines which are mandatory for banks as per
Reserve Bank of India's guidelines on electronic banking.
An official from the city's cyber-crime cell also
blamed ignorance of the users for the rise in number of such cases.
