US-based company to help fight cyber crime

Kochi, Jun 13 (UNI) The US-based Data 64 is preparing a compilation of net-related frauds to make inroads into curbing the cyber crime trend in Kerala.

Speaking to reporters here today, Legal Manager of the Asia Pacific Zone-I of Data 64 Gokul Narayan said after completion of the work it would be handed over to the state police administration.

Stating that most of the cyber crimes in the state involved financial frauds and morphing of images, Mr Narayan said his company, in association with the Asian School of Cyber Laws had set up the world's first password cracking lab at Pune in Maharashtra.

'' A disturbing trend emerging nowadays is the increasing use of passwords to protect documents by terrorists and members of the organised crime cartels,'' he informed.

The lab would help the law enforcement officials to crack the passwords and decrypt the encrypted documents in order to nab the criminals, Mr Gokul added.

Equipped with cutting edge technology to decrypt file, application and operating passwords, the lab had been instrumental in solving many cases of the police and armed forces since its formation two months back, Mr Gokul claimed.

He hoped that a similar lab could be opened in Kerala to combat cyber crimes.

UNI