UPI underdogs seek fair play; WhatsApp tightens scam defencesSmaller UPI players will meet NPCI to curb the growth of industry leaders PhonePe, Google Pay and Paytm. This and more in today’s ETtech To...
29 Apr, 2026, 07.43 PM IST
Mangaluru man gets call about SIM card misuse; one mistake makes him lose Rs 2,07,04,600 in a few weeksA 61-year-old man in Mangaluru was allegedly duped of over Rs 2 crore in a sophisticated digital arrest scam, where fraudsters posing as of...
26 Apr, 2026, 07.39 PM IST
Bengaluru director made a Rs 34 payment mistake, then his account started draining until nearly Rs 74,000 vanishedA 56-year-old Bengaluru-based company director lost nearly Rs 74,000 in an online scam after falling for a fake bank reward points redempti...
26 Apr, 2026, 04.47 PM IST
North Korean hackers suspected of $300 million crypto heistA massive $300 million cryptocurrency heist, the year's largest, has been attributed to North Korea's notorious Lazarus Group. This sophist...
22 Apr, 2026, 09.24 AM IST
Cybercrime rate rises, victims lost whopping $16 billion. Here are top scams that duped peopleLosses from cybercrime are notoriously hard to calculate. The FBI's figures are among the most comprehensive, but the bureau acknowledged t...
23 Apr, 2025, 06.04 PM IST
Digital cash is everywhere, and so are scammersDigital scams are on the rise, including the case of an Indian textile baron who lost $830,000 last year after fraudsters summoned him to a...
18 Mar, 2025, 10.09 AM IST
Cyber scams soar by 158% in 2024, Rs 452 cr stolen from accounts: Delhi PoliceThe amount stolen by scammers has risen by 158% this year, with Delhi Police reporting Rs 452 crore lost to online fraud by June, compared ...
03 Dec, 2024, 03.07 PM IST
North Korean hackers sent stolen crypto to wallet used by Asian payment firmA major Cambodian payments firm received crypto worth over $150,000 from a digital wallet used by North Korean hacking outfit Lazarus. The ...
15 Jul, 2024, 04.34 PM IST
Can death hoaxes change our attitude towards news of death online, with scepticism taking precedence over sadness?The death hoax surrounding Poonam Pandey has intensified public scepticism towards celebrity death news. Karthik Srinivasan, a communicatio...
10 Feb, 2024, 11.42 PM IST
ICBC puts capital into US unit, seeks cyber review after hackICBC's US unit told market participants on Friday it was hoping to finish the cyber review over the weekend, but the sources said they expe...
12 Nov, 2023, 07.12 PM IST
China's biggest lender's US arm hit by ransomware attackICBC Financial Services, the US unit of China's largest commercial lender by assets, said it was investigating the attack that disrupted so...
10 Nov, 2023, 01.52 PM IST
Canada opens investigation into AI firm behind ChatGPTThe investigation by the Office of the Privacy Commissioner into OpenAI was opened in response to a "complaint alleging the collection, use...
05 Apr, 2023, 11.02 AM IST
German airport websites hit by cyberattacksAirports in Duesseldorf, Nuremberg and Dortmund said they were affected, while at least two others were reported to have been hit.
16 Feb, 2023, 07.27 PM IST
Trinamool, DMK, Sena and NCP raised issues with Facebook in 2019NCP MP Surpiya Sule raised issues with Facebook in 2018, over pages such as Aghadi Bighadi that showed caricatures of party chief Sharad Pa...
02 Sep, 2020, 10.30 PM IST
Centre notifies new POCSO rules making law for sexual offences against children more stringentSome of the significant additions in the new rules include provision of mandatory police verification of staff in schools and care homes, p...
13 Mar, 2020, 12.52 PM IST
Why cybersecurity should be India's foremost priorityThe Cybersecurity Policy of 2013 is open and technology neutral. But it needs upgradation. The digital economy today comprises 14-15% of In...
31 Oct, 2019, 11.28 PM IST
China to conduct digital warfare drills ahead of Obama-Xi meetThe announcement came amid media reports that Chinese hackers have breached the designs of critical US weapons systems.
29 May, 2013, 11.01 PM IST