97% Drop in Spoofed Calls Due to Govt Measures: Scindia
Responding to a supplementary question, Scindia also affirmed that state-owned BSNL and MTNL are on the path to recovery.
New Delhi: Union communication minister Jyotiraditya Scindia on Wednesday said that the government is taking various measures, including setting up the digital intelligence platform, to curb cyber frauds in the country. Highlighting that international spoofed calls have come down by 97 per cent, he said that the communications and home ministries together have taken four to five major measures to deal with cyber crimes.
“The digital intelligence platform (DIP) facilitates collaboration among various stakeholders. It has on-boarded 620 institutions, including 570 banks, police departments from 36 states, and investigating agencies,” Scindia replied during the Question Hour in Parliament.
Furthermore, the minister said, a fraud risk indicator or FRI software is being utilised. “This software categorises data about individuals involved in bank fraud, and these details are then provided to all banks, leading to the blocking of transactions by such individuals,” he added.
In his written reply, Scindia also noted that the department of telecommunications (DoT) is actively working to prevent the misuse of telecom resources for cyber frauds. “Based on cyber fraud cases reported on the National Cyber Crime Reporting Portal (NCRP) of the ministry of home affairs (MHA), DoT has disconnected 3.57 lakh mobile numbers, with the highest numbers from Rajasthan, Bihar, and West Bengal,” he said.
Additionally, he said, the DoT has developed an indigenous artificial intelligence (AI) and big data analytic tool, ASTR, to identify suspected mobile connections acquired by the same person under different names. “More than 82 lakh such connections have been disconnected after failing the reverification process,” he stated.
Responding to a supplementary question, Scindia also affirmed that state-owned BSNL and MTNL are on the path to recovery. The minister also referred to a review meeting for BSNL held this week, indicating that a business plan would be developed, specifically for each business circle.