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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...
Operation Octopus: Trapping the tentacles of India’s cyber fraud networkAmidst the alarming increase in cyber scams, the Hyderabad Police have initiated Operation Octopus, a mission aimed at dismantling the enti...
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...
UP Police bust inter-state cyber gang in Bareilly with links to Nepal, China; arrests 5Uttar Pradesh Police have uncovered a major inter-state cyber fraud network. Five individuals were apprehended in Bareilly for their allege...
660 arrests, 499 FIRs, Rs 519 crore fraud: How Delhi Police's CyHawk 4.0 op caught cyber scamsters across 20+ states within 48 hoursDelhi Police concluded Operation CyHawk 4.0, a massive 48-hour coordinated strike against organized cybercrime syndicates across 20 states ...
Cyber fraud crackdown: Six arrested in Bihar for running global crime syndicateThe group was allegedly operating through a network of associates in various states, including West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh, Goa, Karnataka, ...
CBI to question bank officials under scanner in 8.5 lakh mule accounts caseThe CBI is set to interrogate bank officials suspected of enabling a vast network of 8.5 lakh mule accounts used for laundering cybercrime ...
New e-Zero FIR: Govt launches pilot project for swift action against cybercrimes; how it can help youThe initiative, which was launched as a pilot project in Delhi, will automatically convert eligible cybercrime complaints into FIRs and is ...
How a Tamil Nadu engineer ran cyber camps in Cambodia with Chinese help to dupe IndiansA mechanical engineer from Tamil Nadu, Vigneshwar Muruganandham, was arrested for his involvement in a Chinese cybercrime syndicate in Camb...
Cyber Crime: Scammers stole up to $37 bn; intensifying operations in Southeast AsiaCyber crime syndicates accumulated up to $37 billion last year and are increasing their activities in Southeast Asia. Despite law enforceme...
MHA warns against cybercriminals posing as police officialsThe Union home ministry warns against cyber fraud by criminals posing as law enforcement agencies, leading to financial losses for victims....
Australian spies blame Russian for major cyberattackAustralia has identified the Russian mastermind behind a crippling cyber attack, unmasking the 33-year-old hacker for the first time on Tue...
Cyber crime cases in Delhi nearly doubled in 2022: NCRB reportAs many as 184 cyber crime cases were registered for online publication of obscene or sexually explicit acts and 21 for publishing or trans...
Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita to classify various thefts: ATM, House, Car theft to come under 'petty crime'India's new Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) criminal code is set to incorporate crimes such as ATM thefts, question paper leaks, and shoplift...
India raises issue of IT jobs scam with Myanmar leadershipKwatra held discussions with the senior leadership of Myanmar and expressed India's continued support to people-centric socioeconomic devel...
Nigerian fraudster ‘Hushpuppi’ jailed for 11 years in US, ordered to pay $1.7mRamon Abbas, also known as Hushpuppi, was arrested in Dubai two years ago and was ordered to pay $1,732,841 (£1,516,182) in restitution to ...
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 ...
Cyber crime becoming industry, may occur 'very often': RajnathThe Home Minister also said penetration of Internet and self-radicalisation have further added to the woes of law enforcement agencies.
To fight e-crime, govt to hire experts from IITs, pvt institutesThe IT security experts, ethical hackers, web analysts and computer programmers will devise ways of online cyber-crime reporting and monito...
- IT cos seek insurance cover against virtual fraud
BPOs as well as IT & ITeS companies are scrambling for insurance covers that guard them at least from the financial loss arising out of vir...