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Cyber Crimes in Pakistan: 68 cases of online female harassment registered in 2011

By Ali Hassan ISLAMABAD: Incidents of online harassment of females witnessed a rapid increase during 2011, as 68 cases were registered. District court records revealed that 68 cases of cybercrime were registered with the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) against persons who were allegedly involved in hacking e-mail accounts of females, and sending them abusive, obnoxious and vulgar e-mails. Official sources in the FIA Cyber Crime Unit (CCU) said that the incidence of cybercrime in Pakistan had increased last year. Sources said that mostly youths were involved in these types of crimes. Sources added that 26 cases of cybercrime were reported to the CCU in 2007, while 36 were reported in 2008. In 2009 the ratio was lower, but rose to 45 in 2010. A First Information Report (FIR) was registered against Mohsin Khan for hacking e-mail accounts, and creating and uploading fake profiles on social networking site Facebook. These profiles also included mobile phone ...