Sarvam’s unicorn raise; Big exits in new IPOsHappy Tuesday! Sarvam has vaulted into the unicorn club after a fresh funding round. This and more in today’s ETtech Morning Dispatch.
16 Jun, 2026, 07.56 AM IST
FIFA World Cup fever fuels cyber scamsCybercriminals are exploiting the FIFA World Cup, creating thousands of fake ticket portals, merchandise stores, and streaming sites to sca...
16 Jun, 2026, 06.00 AM IST
How a 22-year-old Indian techie dropped out to build an AI startupA 22-year-old Indian entrepreneur, Kinjal Nandy, has secured significant pre-seed funding for his AI startup, Sonatic, at a ₹191 crore valu...
12 Jun, 2026, 07.59 PM IST
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...
31 May, 2026, 03.28 PM IST
IPL 2026 scam season is here: Over 600 fake ticket sites, 400 malware-linked streams cheat fansAs the IPL 2026 season kicks off, a rise in cyber scams is alarming eager cricket enthusiasts. Unscrupulous fraudsters are capitalising on ...
13 May, 2026, 12.34 PM IST
West Bengal elections: FIR filed against TMC's Kunal Ghosh, Garga Chatterjee over circulation of forged BJP documentWest Bengal Assembly Elections 2026: An FIR has been filed against Trinamool Congress leader Kunal Ghosh and Bangla Pokkho General Secretar...
21 Apr, 2026, 10.00 PM IST
Australian tycoon battles Meta over fake adsAustralian mining magnate Andrew Forrest is suing Meta in a US court. He claims Meta should be responsible for scam advertisements featurin...
17 Apr, 2026, 09.17 AM IST
Facebook to target harmful coordination by real accounts using playbook against fake networksThe new approach, reported here for the first time, uses the tactics usually taken by Facebook's security teams for wholesale shutdowns of ...
16 Sep, 2021, 08.03 PM IST
Facebook takes down fake accounts for coordinated influence campaigns, violating policyThe network had ties to individuals linked to French military & Russia's Internet Research Agency.
16 Dec, 2020, 11.00 AM IST
Facebook mentions Kashmir as separate country in blog, corrects itFacebook pointed out that although the people behind this activity had attempted to conceal their identities, the company's review linked t...
27 Mar, 2019, 09.14 PM IST
Fraud or not: New algorithm can now spot fake Facebook and Twitter accountsThe method is based on the assumption that fake accounts tend to establish improbable links to other users in the networks.
18 Apr, 2018, 03.36 PM IST
Facebook may have over 200 mn fake or duplicate accounts globallyPercentage of duplicate accounts is higher in developing markets such as India, Indonesia, and the Philippines, as compared to more develop...
04 Feb, 2018, 04.34 PM IST
Pakistan army, ISI lodge complaint over fake Facebook accountsThere are a number of accounts on FB supposedly belonging to Army chief Gen Raheel Sharif and Director General ISI Lt-Gen Rizwan Akhtar
02 Dec, 2014, 02.45 PM IST
FakeOff app to detect bogus Facebook accountsAs instances of cyber impersonation on social networking sites rise, an Israel-based start-up developed an application, FakeOff, that helps...
28 Jan, 2014, 04.15 PM IST
JD(U) mulls action against users of Nitish Kumar's fake Facebook accountJD(U) warned users of fake Facebook accounts under Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's name of legal action for trying to create confusion ...
01 Nov, 2013, 06.13 PM IST
- Another fake Facebook account case in Maharashtra
Raj Thackeray-led MNS has complained to police that a bogus account was allegedly created in the name of the party chief's son on social ne...
01 Dec, 2012, 03.52 PM IST
Another Facebook-related complaint from PalgharThis is the second complaint at the police station involving "objectionable" content against Bal Thackeray.
30 Nov, 2012, 09.49 PM IST