Hyderabad, July 23 -- Telangana's cybercrime and economic offence rates are running far above the national average, a NITI Aayog-backed study has found, even as a separate World Economic Forum (WEF) report has flagged cyber insecurity as India's biggest national risk over the next two years.

The Investment Friendliness Index 2026 found that Telangana reported 43 cybercrime cases per lakh population, against a national average of five, and 75 economic offence cases per lakh population, compared with a national average of 16, placing the state among the poorest performers on both counts.

The report said the high incidence of cyber and economic offences could raise concerns about the state's institutional environment and dent investor conf...