Cyberspace is unique in the sense that you can’t see it but only feel the damage once done. Humans have low understanding of what’s not visible.
Jamtara: Sabka Number Ayega is the name of a new Netflix series being streamed. Jamtara is a remote rural area in Jharkhand, India. A bunch of young adults, uneducated but motivated, cheat people of money by enticing them over phone to reveal their credit card numbers. The victims are from far off places like Delhi, and including respectable people such as lawyers, policemen and housewives. The series highlights the ignorance of the people and the shoddy investigation by the police. In short it’s about phishing. And that too, not being done from metro cities or sophisticated environments, and the victims are not uneducated but have one factor in common: greed. Though fiction, it may well be based on truth. Cybercrimes are prevalent all over India but are underreported. The consciousness is low but cybercrimes are just starting to get attention.
There’s an old saying that cyberspace is the fifth domain of warfare after land, water, air and space. Cyberspace is unique in the sense that you can’t see it but…
