“CYBER CRIME AGAINST WOMEN IN INDIA: AN INSIGHT FROM IT ACT 2000”

AUTHOR – SAPNA RANI, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR AT UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE OF LAW, SANT BABA BHAG SINGH UNIVERSITY. EMAIL – SR8872569@GMAIL.COM

BEST CITATION – SAPNA RANI, “CYBER CRIME AGAINST WOMEN IN INDIA: AN INSIGHT FROM IT ACT 2000”, ILE MULTIDISCIPLINARY JOURNAL, 4 (1) OF 2025, PG. 819-818, APIS – 3920-0007 | ISSN – 2583-7230.

ABSTRACT

Information technology has widened itself over the last two decades and has become the axis of today’s global and technical development. The world of internet provide every user all the required information fastest communication and sharing tool making it the most valuable source of information with the numerous advancement of internet, the crime using internet has also widened it’s roots in all directions. The cyber crimes post a great threat to individuals. Cyber-crime is a global phenomenon and women are the soft target of this new form of crime. In this paper we explore the Cyber-crime and the online security vulnerabilities against women. Cyber-crime is emerging as a challenge for national and economic security. Various issues that are discussed in this paper are :- cyber stalking, harassment via email, cyber defamation, morphine, and email spoofing against women.

KEYWORDS :- Cyber crime, women, information-technology.