HU teaches women the dangers of cybercrime

MANSEHRA: The economics department of Hazara University arranged one day awareness raising session on cybercrime and its impact on women, on Wednesday. Female students from different departments and faculty members attended the session.

Speaking to the participants, VC Hazara University Prof Dr Muhammad Idrees admitted that information technology had indeed given researchers and students great exposure, and was beneficial for the public.



However, he also lamented how some criminal elements had started misusing this technology, and that women and girls were the most vulnerable community of such criminal offences.

This had put the lives, properties, and honour of women at stake, and it has become imperative that women protect their personal information from cyber pirates, he said.

Prof Suhail Farooq briefed the audience on the types of cybercrimes and how they could affect the life and honour of women. He stressed on the female audience to use only those websites which were secure and well known and to avoid new, unknown, and unheard of sites.