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Digital arrest: How India’s fastest-growing scam uses fake investigations and video calls to siphon off croresThey pose as the police, put you under ‘digital arrest’, and tether you to a video call till your savings are gone. How India’s fastest gro...
Fake call centre targeting US citizens bustedKarnataka Cyber Command has busted fake call centers in Bengaluru impersonating a US accounting firm, Intuit QuickBooks. Two individuals we...
Bengaluru techie quit his Rs 30 lakh job to chase a dangerous dream, only to end up being arrestedDelhi Police have arrested a 31-year-old Bengaluru-based software engineer, Ravi Rathore, for allegedly running a fake online trading racke...
Jealous boyfriend turns cyber villain: How a petty feud over a girl dragged Delhi & Bengaluru police into terror panicA personal grudge between two young men escalated into a national security alarm, involving the Delhi and Bengaluru Police Commissioners. A...
ET Graphics: Bengaluru is cybercrime hub with 50%+ big city casesCybercrime in India’s major metros has risen sharply, showing both concentration and divergence, according to the National Crime Records Bu...
Karnataka 'naxal-free', anti-naxal force to be disbanded: CM SiddaramaiahKarnataka's Chief Minister Siddaramaiah announced the disbanding of the Anti-Naxal Force as the state is now naxal-free. He allocated resou...
Hotlines meant for cyber crimes not going through in BengaluruThe cybercrime hotlines in Bengaluru are often found switched off or unanswered. This affects the reporting of cybercrimes despite the city...
Bengaluru Police bust Rs 854 crore cyber investment fraud, arrest six peopleThe Bengaluru Police have arrested six individuals in connection with a Rs 854 crore cyber fraud scam. The accused allegedly cheated thousa...
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 ...
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...
Man held for creating fake Facebook page in the name of Bengaluru policeAccording to police, he is a resident of Malleswaram in the city and had created the page recently.
Praveen Sood appointed as chief of Karnataka policeAn alumnus of IIT Delhi, Sood has previously served as the commissioner of police, Bengaluru.
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...
Cyber criminals hide in the ‘dark web’ to remain anonymousThe most significant feature of this world is that the identity of its users is hidden and cannot be tracked
Karnataka CM's office moves Police against fake twitter accountAccording to the complaint lodged with the cyber crime cell, some miscreants first opened a fake twitter account @CMofKarnataka, and posted...
Business rivals commit most cyber crimesFrom just 3% in 2014, the number of business competitors committing cyber crimes has seen a massive jump to 20% in 2015.
Bengaluru to get cyber crime police station in a weekCitizens can directly approach the station if they have a complaint related to a cyber crime incident.The new station will be opened in a w...
India's tech capital Bengaluru has no cyber crime police stationPolice has infrastructure for cyber-crime station ready in new commissioner's building but has no officials to handle cases.
NLSIU wants cyber security lessons in schools, collegesThe recommendation is part of the law school's 9-point guideline submitted to the Ministry of Information Technology in Jan to beef up cybe...
Need to work out modalities to increase cyber reportingWith India being one of the most vulnerable countries to cyber crimes & hacking activities, there was need to work out modalities to increa...