Google Find Ways To Protect Indians From Online Payment Scams.

Google held a Safer India event. This will be an initiative to protect the users of the internet. There were six hundred million internet users in the last year and according to the statistics on August 25, this year India has more than seven hundred million internet users. The campaign is for safe online transactions and to make users aware of various kinds of scams as per new technology of google.

Google’s Response To Cyber attacks

Google announced that according to the Norton Report, there were about eighteen million cyber  attacks from January to May 2022. For example, people have received false electricity bill claims over phone messages, scams with new job offers, etc. In most cases, links were shared, and if the users clicked these links, it caused cyber attacks on their computers or on their smartphones.

Google announced that it is difficult to find who is scamming and how the scam will affect the user. Google is using all its brains along with Artificial Intelligence technology and Machine Learning techniques. But, still, Google said that it is difficult to track.

How Is Google Handling Cyber attacks?

Google said that it is suspending the scammers’ accounts. This restricts the number of cyber attacks. But, still, Google, is struggling to control and track internet hackings.

As a result, google news technology, Google said the best way is to educate users about how to save themselves from internet hacking. So, Google is making advertisement campaigns to make users aware of online scams. 

The advertisements also alert people to be aware of scam messages that come to their phones and not to click unknown links.

Another important update that Google has announced to the users is not to share payment codes with anyone. Google also said not to share bank details with anyone which may land the user into online scamming. Google said that today, about 2 lakhs of people in India make payments online. As a result, sending them a safety alert is necessary.

Plus, Google is also educating its developers. Google has announced that it will start Cybersecurity Roadshow for the developers. The aim is to enhance the skill of more than 1 lakh developers. The education will be provided regarding online security, encryption, and privacy.