Cyber ​​Criminals Using Ai Tools for Fraud India Lost Rs 23000 Crore in 2024

India is moving forward in its digital age, but cyber criminals are also upgrading with the same speed. Now Artificial Intelligent (AI) tools have become a new method of cybercrime. AI has been used in cases of 8 out of 10 cyber fraud in India. According to a report, there has been a loss of $ 2.78 billion in India alone due to digital fraud. Let us know about it in detail.GIREM (Global Initiative for Restructuring Environment and Management) and Automotive Tech Company Tekion Joint Report ‘The State of AI-Poward Cybercrime: Threat and Mitigation Report 2025 There were many revelations about. Karnataka Director General of Police and Inspector General of Police (DG & IGP) MA Salim presented the report in Bengaluru on Wednesday.

The report states that cyber criminal hotel chains and restaurants are using AI tools to send accurately prepared emails. Of these, big brands are often taken using AI generated templates. In addition to email text, AI is used to make real -like looking dashboards, register fake domains and create interactive fishing pages, cheating people to look real. The AI ​​tool was used in 80 percent of the Fishing Mail in the country, which suggests that AI was used in 8 out of every 10 fishing cases.

According to the report, India filed more than 1.91 million complaints of cybercrime last year, compared to more than 1.55 million in 2023. At the same time, it is 10 times more than the crime in 2019. It had the most festral fraud. In the last year, Indians suffered a loss of $ 2.78 billion due to cybercrime, which is about 3 times more than 2023 and about 10 times more in 2022.

The report states that India is the second most affected country after the US in the case of crypto attack in 2024, where 95 cases came up. The country has recorded an annual increase in Rs 11% in malware, 22% in ransomware and 59% in IOT attack. At the same time, the crypto attack has increased by 409% in total. The most important thing is that the most victims of these cyber attacks are made to the weaker sections of the society like senior citizens, children and women. In today’s time, dealing with cybercrime has become a big issue for the country, as India is expected to be more than 900 million internet users by 2025.