The rapid development in information technology, most banks today in India adopt the practice of mobile and electronic banking. The banks uses smsemails to communicate with its users. Exploiting this technique many cyber criminals start sending the fake emails, sms and create a fake login page to steal the details of the customer, thereby launching a phishing attacks on the victims.
Cyberspace or the virtual space which forms a major part of the cyber world is facing many complex legal issues like Jurisdictional Issues etc. With the no boundary limit, Cyberspace is facing threats of various cyber-attacks. To tackle the cyber-attacks, the need was felt for the formation of active International Partnership Organisations which provides an international response.
The new provision in the Australian Cyber law directs the phone companies and internet carriers to preserve text messages (SMS) and the emails containing sensitive information and submit them to the Australian Intelligence and Police Agencies for investigation purposes. Investigators asked a carrier to preserve the messages, which could otherwise have been destroyed, under an informal arrangement. Agencies have urged the government to give them legal power to prevent crucial information being destroyed.