India has registered 40% annual increase in cyber crime cases including hacking, publication of obscene contents, credit card and banking frauds.

The Home Ministry statistics revealed that 71,780 cyber frauds were reported in 2013, while 22,060 such cases were reported in 2012. There have been 62,189 incidents of cyber frauds till June this year.

In 2013, a total of 28,481 Indian websites were hacked by various hacker groups spread across the globe. The number of hacking incidents was 27,605 in 2012 and 21,699 in 2011.

Obscene publication, transmission of unauthorised contents, credit card and banking frauds are most common forms of cyber crimes across the world. Other cases include phishing, scanning, spam, malicious code and website intrusions.

A Home Ministry official said that an annual increase of more than 40% has been recorded in cyber crime cases registered in the country during the past two-three years.

The cyber attacks have originated from the cyber space of a number of countries including the US, Europe, Brazil, Turkey, China, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Algeria and the UAE.

The National Cyber Records Bureau data showed that a total of 1,791, 2,876 and 4,356 cases were registered under the Information Technology Act in 2011, 2012 and 2013, respectively. A total of 422, 601 and 1,337 cases were registered under cyber crime related sections of the Indian Penal Code in 2011, 2012 and 2013, respectively.