According to an article in the Calcutta Telegraph, 30 percent of local cyber criminals are women:

Women are not just victims of cyber crime. An increasing number of them are committing the crime themselves. “We have registered complaints against eight women in the past year who allegedly committed crimes using their personal computers or laptops,” said Gyanwant Singh, the deputy commissioner of police (headquarters).

Most of the women are young and from well-off families. “They are educated and also tech-savvy,” Singh said.

Crimes include identity theft, credit card fraud and sex work. Even a year ago, police say they only came across women who were victims of cyber crime, not perpetrators.

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