- Russia tops the list in cyber crime, according to research that surveyed cyber crime experts around the world. India is at 10th place in this list. The team of researchers has prepared the World Cyber Crime Index. Nearly 100 countries are ranked according to various categories of cybercrime, including ransomware and credit card theft.
- It identifies major hotspots according to different categories of cybercrime, including ransomware, credit card theft, and scams.
- The major categories the researchers identified included technology products and services such as malware and compromised systems and attacks and extortion, including ransomware.
- It also includes scams such as hacking, compromised accounts, theft of data and identity, including credit cards, and advance fee fraud and money laundering involving illicit virtual currency.
- Russia and Ukraine are highly technical cybercrime hubs, while Nigerian cyber criminals are engaged in less technical forms of cybercrime.
- India was found to be an “specialize” in scams.
- Furthermore, while Romania and the US were found to “specialize” in both high-tech and low-tech crimes, India was found to be a “balanced hub”, “specializing” in mid-tech crimes.
Top 10 countries as per the research published in the journal PLoS ONE
| Rank | Country |
| 1 | Russia |
| 2 | Ukraine |
| 3 | China |
| 4 | USA |
| 5 | Nigeria |
| 6 | Romania |
| 7 | North Korea |
| 8 | UK |
| 9 | Brazil |
| 10 | India |