Samanvaya, the joint cybercrime investigation facilitation platform under the Union Home Ministry, has so far helped map criminal infrastructure and trace digital footprints across States, resulting in 12,987 arrests and the detection of about 1.52 lakh criminal linkages. It has handled 70,584 cyber investigation assistance requests, according to government records.
The platform, which was launched in September 2024, is one of the verticals of Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C) for inter-States/Union Territories coordination. It provides analytics-based inter-State linkages of criminals and crimes.
More than 86% of households in India are now said to be connected to the Internet and this surge has also brought cybersecurity challenges, with incidents more than doubling from 10.29 lakh in 2022 to 22.68 lakh in 2024. The sectors flagged as most vulnerable are critical infrastructure, finance, health, and telecommunications, as per a Public Information Bureau (PIB) statement.
The Enforcement Directorate has identified key cyber frauds as Pig Butchering, in which victims are lured into fake relationships/job offers; Phantom Hacking, in which fraudsters pose as government or tech support officials; online betting/gambling platforms; and instant loan apps. Methods like spoofing, phishing, and deepfakes leveraging Artificial Intelligence are being used by fraudsters.
