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CYBERCRIME HOTSPOTS IN INDIA
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 ...- Cybercrime roadmap 2026: Nearly 2,500 law enforcement personnel trained on latest forensic tools, techniquesIndia is bolstering its fight against cybercrime with a comprehensive plan for 2026. The Centre is reportedly training thousands of law enf...
- Criminals shift tactics to new Indian hotspots, banks freeze 850,000 mule accountsMule accounts are spreading across India beyond traditional hotspots. Criminals are using new locations and methods like in-game purchases ...
- Jamtaras everywhere: Mule accounts mushroom in new pockets as investigators target hotspotsAs cybercriminals shift their mule account operations from known hotspots to quieter Indian towns, authorities are scrambling to keep pace....
- Sextortion, fake jobs and trading frauds: Police data reveals scamsters’ dirty playbook, how they trap victims and move fundsCybercrime networks across India are perpetrating scams like sextortion, online trading fraud, and fake job offers, exploiting vulnerable i...
- Safe on paper but unsafe in life: What NARI 2025 reveals about women's safety in Indian citiesThe NARI 2025 report, covering 12,770 women across 31 cities, paints a mixed picture of safety in urban India. While Mumbai, Kohima and Vis...
- Khelo Mewat: Cricket, volleyball & wrestling is bringing youth out of drugs, cybercrimeMewat, once infamous as India's cybercrime hub, is combating crime and drug abuse through sports. 'Khelo Mewat,' a district-level competiti...
- Lucknow's 'mule account' menace: How local youths are fuelling global cyber fraud networkIn Lucknow, young adults are being lured into cyber fraud schemes by renting out their bank accounts for quick cash. These accounts are use...
- Govt mulling AI use to identify mule accounts to check cybercrime: Home Minister Amit ShahThe government plans to utilize Artificial Intelligence to identify mule accounts where cyber fraudsters park illegal funds. Home Minister ...
- 90,000 scams in 4 months: How Southeast Asia is becoming the next Jamtara; Fraudsters recruiting from Andhra, TN, OdishaIndia faces a surge in cyber fraud from Southeast Asia, surpassing domestic hotspots. Nearly half of the defrauded money comes from scams s...
- India ranks number 10 in cybercrime, study findsAn international team of researchers has compiled the 'World Cybercrime Index' that ranks roughly 100 countries and identifies key hotspots...
- Don't scan the scam: Beware of fraudulent QR codes this festive seasonA malicious QR code is plastered across billboards or posters and flyers or through email links or on ecommerce sites with a wrong QR code,...
- 80% of cyber crimes from 10 districts; Rajasthan's Bharatpur new Jamtara: studyA study by IIT Kanpur-incubated startup Future Crime Research Foundation suggests that the analysis of the top 10 cybercrime hubs (district...
- How Jamtara scamsters pocketed Rs 1.5 lakh everyday through credit card fraudsIn Jamtara, India's cybercrime hotspot, a gang member was found to be making between Rs 1 lakh and Rs 1.5 lakh daily through credit card fr...
- Bengali actress Sreelekha Mitra loses Rs 1 lakh in online power bill fraud; tips to prevent cyber scamsThe 'Hothat Brishti' actress while narrating her ordeal on Instagram, urged fans to refrain from downloading any app or browsing any link i...
- 17,000 extra SIM cards of subscribers beyond 9 connections deactivated in Bihar, JharkhandThe artificial intelligence and facial recognition-powered solution for Telecom SIM Subscriber Verification (ASTR) analysis by the DoT in A...
- Cyber threat now a matter of national security, says Amit ShahUnion home minister Amit Shah on Tuesday said cyber security is no longer limited to the digital world and it has become a matter of nation...
- Scamsters beware! Trai to get AI help to curb fraud calls, SMSesThe telecom department recently conducted an AI-based probe in an emerging cybercrime hotspot of Mewat in Haryana, for SIM verification in ...
- Digital focus can help create jobs, better rural lives: IndustryThe budget proposal to double the allocation to Digital India initiative to Rs 3,073 crore is a fine booster to transform the digital econo...
- By setting up a bank, BRICS has metamorphosed into a serious global playerThese may be modest counters to the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund respectively, but they mark a significant beginning.
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