Cyber Crime

Cyber Crime Rises Rapidly in Pakistan

The cyber crimes of multiple kinds in Pakistan have increased by five times over the past four years, investigation officials said Tuesday.

According to the Cyber Crime Unit (CCU), a branch of Pakistan's Federal Investigation Agency (FIA), 62 cases were reported to the unit in 2007, 287 cases in 2008 and the ratio dropped in 2009 but in 2010 more than 312 cases were registered in different categories of cyber crimes.