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WhatsApp usernames face heat; Byju’s inventory in limboIndia is weighing legal guardrails for WhatsApp usernames amid fresh fraud fears. This and more in today’s ETtech Top 5.- Bank freezes Bengaluru man's entire account instead of Rs 25,000 specified by police; Karnataka HC grants him reliefA Bengaluru resident approached the Karnataka High Court after his bank froze his entire account despite police communications seeking a fr...
- 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...
- Udaan’s pre-IPO top-up; Tata’s Assam chip hub test runHappy Monday! Udaan is in talks to raise fresh funds amid IPO talks. This and more in today's ETtech Morning Dispatch.
- ETtech Explainer: What Pronto’s new video recording feature means for your privacyPronto's service professionals — who provide cleaning, washing, and meal preparation services — record their activities, generating videos ...
- 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...
- 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...
- Cybercrimes spike in Karnataka, CM Siddaramaiah pushes for tech-savvy policingKarnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has warned police about increasing cybercrimes and drug-related offences. He stressed the need for st...
- 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...
- Surge in QR code scams sparks concern in BengaluruQR code-related cybercrimes are on the rise in Bengaluru's online marketplaces, with unsuspecting users being left in financial distress by...
- 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...
- A way to foil cybercrime? Call it in and you could get the money backThe police are working closely with the Reserve Bank of India, which has even developed a standard operating procedure for banks on how to ...
- Fake call alert: This new app lets cybercriminals generate international phone numbers to con peopleThe process of tracking such numbers is simple, but time-consuming.
- Sloppy probes, poor training blamed for low conviction rate in KarnatakaOnly one conviction has been achieved in September 2018, when Shivaprasad Sajjan, a techieturned lawyer, was sentenced to two years’ impris...
- Bengaluru is India’s cybercrime capitalIn Bengaluru, the high reportage of cases coupled with a lone and understaffed cybercrime police station has led to poor disposal rate of s...
- Cybercrimes rise in Bengaluru, but not chargesheetsA total of 5,036 cases were filed in 2018, or 13.8 cases per day, as opposed to 2,023 cases in about nine months of 2017.
- Infosys Foundation to build center for handling cybercrime investigationAs part of the deal, the Infosys Foundation will support the establishment of the Centre that will house the CCITR through a public-private...
- Bengaluru police go high-tech: City to Get Stronger Cybercrime UnitIts remit is restricted to registering complaints of credit and debit card misuse if the fraud amount exceeds Rs 5 lakh and cases of fraudu...
- Not one cybercrime conviction in Bengaluru in the past 15 yearsNationally, of the more than 14,000 cases of cybercrime fraud since 2012, only 40 have ended up in convictions.
- Small cybercrime team no match for complaint spikeBengaluru's first exclusive cybercrime police station has not been able to solve not even one of the 26 complaints it has received since it...
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