Terrorism as a motive for cyber crimes India 2021, by leading state
In 2021, the state of Uttar Pradesh in India had the highest number of cyber crimes with terrorism as motive with three cases registered with the authorities. The country recorded more than ten such offences that year that were reported to the authorities. According to government estimates, the real figures of cyber crimes might be higher owing to lack of clarification by some of the state governments. These crimes came under the purview of numerous sections of the Indian Penal Code under Information Technology Act (Cyber crimes).