Question

Misuse of digital signatures for fraudulent purposes comes under __________ of IT Act.

(a) section 65

(b) section 66

(c) section 71

(d) section 72

This question was addressed to me in an online interview.

I want to ask this question from Cyber Laws and IT laws in chapter Cyber Laws, Security Tools, Bugs and Vulnerabilities of Cyber Security

Answer 1

The correct option is (d) section 72

To explain I would say: Cyber-criminals and black hat hackers do one common form of cyber-crime that is a misuse of digital signatures. The law for this fraudulent act comes under section 72 of the Indian IT Act.