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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...
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.
Maharashtra cracks down on illegal bike taxis, app stores notified: ReportThe cybercrime department of Maharashtra is taking action against illegal bike taxi services across the state. Notices have been sent to mo...
Hyderabad police crackdown on pan-India cyber fraud network, 32 bank officials among 52 heldUnder 'Operation Octopus 2.O', as many as 32 bank officials, 15 mule account holders and five middlemen were apprehended for complicity, Hy...
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...
Karnataka launches policy to combat cybercrimesThe policy focuses on several key areas such as awareness and education, skill building, promotion of industry and startups, partnerships a...
Chinese syndicates to keep hurting India via loan app scams: Cyber expertChinese loan apps, operated by Chinese criminal syndicates and gangs, are causing significant financial losses in India. Pavan Duggal, a cy...
Karnataka open to partnering with Meta for cybersafety: State IT Minister Priyank KhargeWe are trying to see how to prevent youngsters from falling prey to loan apps etc, Priyank Kharge said. In his keynote address, he said, if...
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...
Cybercrimes jumped 64% in 2019, Karnataka worst-hit: NCRBKarnataka reported the highest cybercrimes at 12,020, followed by Uttar Pradesh (11,416) and Maharashtra (4,967). Cybercrime rate, calculat...
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...
Over 60% cases at state women’s panel on social media harassmentAccording to the monthly crime statistics compiled by the Karnataka state police, in December 2018, 26 cases of cybercrimes against women w...
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...
Two tiger reserves’ staff will learn to fight online crimeEmployees of Kali Tiger Reserve in Uttara Kannada and Nagarhole, which falls in Kodagu and Mysuru, will attend the training
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...
How Indian Police is being trained to tackle cybercrimeThe National Information Security Education & Awareness (ISEA) programme expects to train over one lakh people — not just police personnel ...
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.