We’re Still Losing the Battle: India’s First Female Cybercrime Investigator Sounds the Alarm

Before there were frameworks, cyber cells, or people had even heard the word ‘cybercrime’ — there was Pattathil Dhanya Menon, already extracting data from corrupted floppy disks with nobody to ask for help. In 25 years as India’s first female cybercrime investigator, she has worked on cases of stalking, sextortion rings, organisational data heists, and investment scams that have gutted families whole. The founder of Avanti Cybersecurity Solutions Pvt Ltd has trained police forces, advised ministries, and run awareness sessions in schools across the country.