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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...
WCD minister stresses capacity building to combat cyberbullying, online crimes involving minors"The budget allocation for child protection, which was around Rs 60 crore in 2009-10, has been increased to approximately Rs 1,500 crore fo...
Fake recruitment agents: Indian Embassy in Myanmar informedKerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan outlined combatting fake recruitment agents trafficking youth to Myanmar and Thailand. Kollam cases, Norka-Roots...
Over 95,000 foreign offenders in record till November 2023: MHA to Lok SabhaUnion Minister of State for Home Affairs, Nityanad Rai, shared the input in a written reply to a query of a legislator, saying, "As of Nove...
Cybercrime cases triple in Bengaluru in six years, card payments/online transfer top charts of fraudCybercrime cases in Bengaluru have more than tripled between 2017 and 2022, and the number of cases this calendar year may beat all previou...
Mumbai saw 70 pc rise in cyber crime cases in 2022: Devendra FadnavisAt least 4,286 cases of cyber fraud were registered in Mumbai over a period of one year till November 2022, Fadnavis said responding to a q...
As digital pay opens up, so do banking fraudsLast year around this time, a Singapore-based cybersecurity firm Group-IB had flagged that nearly 1.3 million debit and credit card data of...
Cyber security: Robust cyber infrastructure pivotal for India's digital economy pushThese days are stark in contrast to the early 2000 when bankers were being advised to use the name of their former girlfriends as passwords...
In high tech crime, it's not the usual suspectsThe survey, shared exclusively with ET, points out that quantum of frauds discovered over the years and the associated modus operandi conti...
Digital economy: Parliamentary panel suggests govt to form law on data privacyParliamentary Standing Committee on Finance also suggests to create a coordinating authority, reporting directly to the PMO to deal with is...
MHA forms new divisions to check radicalisation, cyber fraudThe other new wing, CIS, has been created to monitor online crimes and threats, including cyber fraud and hacking, and suggest ways to mini...
International laws governing cyber crimes need fresh look: CBIThe said programme has been conducted since 2010 for African nations under the aegis of the India-Africa forum summit.
Law firms venture into audit companies’ turf“We see a huge future in this area given our combined experience of having dealt with forensic investigation and detection of cyber or phys...
Digital currency to abet money laundering: ReportThe growing use of digital currency will result in rise in cyber laundering as hacking attacks and online scams take centre stage on Intern...
With internet banking on the rise, frauds are just a click awayTwo Indian payment processors, ElectraCard and Enstage, were in the spotlight recently for their alleged role in a $45-million credit card ...
- 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 ...
- IT Act 2006 to be reviewed to tackle cyber crime
The government is planning to review the whole Information Technology Act 2006 for tackling cyber crime.