Cybercrime and cyber attacks in Karnataka

Police in Karnataka registered 21,993 cybercrime cases in 2024 (up 0% on 2023), or 32.2 per lakh people: 4.4 times the national rate of 7.3. That ranks Karnataka 2nd of 35 states and union territories. In the past 12 months, 13 organisations based here were posted on ransomware leak sites.

21,993cybercrime cases, 2024
32.2per lakh people (India 7.3)
2ndhighest rate of 35
13ransomware victims located here, past 12 months

Cybercrime cases, 2020 to 2024

  • 202421,993
  • 202321,889
  • 202212,556
  • 20218,136
  • 202010,741

Cases registered by police, from NCRB’s Crime in India as given to Parliament (PIB). Cases, not complaints: far more people report fraud than reach a police case.

Ransomware, past 12 months

By sector

By group

See the state map.

Been a victim of cybercrime? Call the national helpline 1930 or report at cybercrime.gov.in. Report money lost to fraud as fast as possible: the sooner it is reported, the better the chance of freezing it.

States with similar rates

Cybercrime figures: NCRB, Crime in India 2024, via a Lok Sabha reply (PIB); rates use Registrar General population projections. Ransomware: victims located from leak-site posts in ransomware.live’s data, past 12 months to 16 Oct 2026. Victims are never named. See the method.