Hyderabad police crackdown on pan-India cyber fraud network, 32 bank officials among 52 heldUnder 'Operation Octopus 2.O', as many as 32 bank officials, 15 mule account holders and five middlemen were apprehended for complicity, Hy...
19 Apr, 2026, 08.12 PM IST
Digital arrest claims another victim: Telangana MLA Putta Sudhakar Yadav duped of ₹1.07 croreA Telugu Desam Party MLA lost over one crore rupees to cybercriminals. The fraudsters posed as Mumbai cyber crime officials. They threatene...
18 Oct, 2025, 05.56 PM IST
WhatsApp DP scam: CFO transfers over Rs 2 crore after 'MD' texts; Hyderabad Police reveal growing digital threat & what you should never doA CFO of an automobile firm in Hyderabad was duped into transferring over Rs 2 crore after receiving WhatsApp messages from someone imperso...
27 Jul, 2025, 12.22 PM IST
Amit Shah opens National Cyber Forensic Lab in HyderabadThe Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) had in December 2021 cleared the setting up of the NCFL for evidentiary purposes in the CFSL, Hyderabad....
14 May, 2022, 11.01 PM IST
Cash, crime & the city: The growing challenge of economic crimes in India's Tier-II cities and how to deal with itWhile Delhi and Mumbai log the highest number of economic offences, the recent crime data show that cities such as Jaipur, Lucknow & Patna ...
03 Oct, 2021, 03.18 PM IST
Crimes too went digital in the pandemic, up 12%Uttar Pradesh pipped Karnataka to emerge as the state with the highest number of cybercrimes reported in 2020 - constituting over a fifth o...
29 Sep, 2021, 02.41 PM IST
WE HUB collaborates with Hyderabad City Police to incorporate new technologies into policingThe Hyderabad city police and WE HUB organised a 36-hour hackathon aimed at solving problems in the fields of cybercrimes, crimes against w...
23 Jan, 2020, 02.19 PM IST
In cyber crime capital, there’s a lone plaint stopEight new police stations for cyber crime, economic offences and narcotics (CEN stations) were announced in December 2018 to handle the gro...
03 Jul, 2019, 11.58 AM IST
'Baahubali 2' leaked: Graphic artist held for uploading six-minute clip on YoutubeThe producer of 'Baahubali 2' lodged a complaint with cyber crime wing, stating that he saw leaked clips of the movie.
23 Nov, 2016, 01.08 PM IST
Hyderabad to be made 'cyber-safe' city: Telangana MinisterTelangana Minster for IT and Panchayat Raj said that the state government would partner with NASSCOM & DSCI to make its capital -- Hyderaba...
04 Aug, 2015, 07.40 PM IST
Cyber crime cases in Cyberabad rose sharply during 2014A total of 256 cyber crime cases were reported this year as against 109 recorded in 2013, Cyberabad Police Commissioner C V Anand said.
30 Dec, 2014, 05.57 PM IST
Cyber crime increasing in Hyderabad, data showsWhile the overall crime cases registered an increase of 10 per cent, from 19,110 last year to 21,035 this year, there was a sharp rise in r...
27 Dec, 2014, 06.06 PM IST
Will soon strengthen strategy to check cyber crime: Rajnath Singh"The Home Ministry is taking all steps necessary for the prevention of cyber crime and very soon we will further strengthen the cyber crime...
31 Oct, 2014, 06.53 PM IST
Rising cyber crimes have magnified challenges: Rajnath SinghSingh said the advent of internet and mobile phone has yielded toxic poison in the form of cyber crime, which has global ramifications.
31 Oct, 2014, 02.54 PM IST
Proper security measures needed in creating wi-fi zones: Ankit FadiaQuoting official figures, he said 4.7 lakh ethical hackers would be required in India by 2015, given the rising number of cyber security th...
30 Jul, 2014, 03.55 PM IST
K T Rama Rao urges industry to partner with government to curb cyber crimesT Krishna Prasad said plans are afoot to set up 'Cyber Labs' in all districts of the state on the lines of 'Cyber Lab' existing in CID here.
18 Jul, 2014, 04.01 PM IST
- Govt to Amend IT Act in winter session to deal cyber-crimes
The Union government will be incorporating stringent provisions in the proposed amendment to the Information Technology Act to deal with a ...
06 Dec, 2008, 06.39 PM IST