Attempts to radicalise youth worries Rajnath

With 70 per cent increase in cases of cyber crime, Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday said security experts have to be vigilant against attempts at online radicalisation of Indian youth.

Inaugurating an information security conference – ‘Ground Zero Summit-2015’ here, the Home Minister said ‘cyber terrorism’ is a big danger in the world along with cyber crime. “Today, due to technology and internet, a person living in a remote area can have access to such information by which he can indulge in an act of terror, despite not being associated with any terror group.

“Such forces are also active in the cyber space which work in the direction of radicalisation of youth. Cyber security experts need to be alert specially towards the online radicalisation,” he said.

The Home Minister said cyber world is the fifth dimension of security along with the earlier dimensions of security ie land, air, water and space.