Foreign betting sites pull a prank on taxmanOffshore gaming firms found a way to use the site name cgstahmedabadzone.gov.in to create additional, fake pages, complete with sub-links t...
23 Apr, 2026, 01.44 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
Salt Lake businessman loses ₹3.8 crore in Facebook crypto scamA Salt Lake businessman lost Rs 3.8 crore after a woman he met on Facebook convinced him to invest in a fake cryptocurrency platform. He tr...
01 Nov, 2025, 06.41 PM IST
Illegal trading platform rakes in Rs 800 crore in India in just nine monthsThe ED is probing OctaFX for Rs 800 crore in alleged proceeds of crime from India, laundered via cryptocurrencies and fake service imports....
04 Oct, 2025, 06.13 PM IST
Parliamentary panel to hear views of media bodies on mechanism to curb fake newsA parliamentary committee, led by BJP MP Nishikant Dubey, has summoned media organizations NBDA and Editors Guild of India to discuss strat...
10 Nov, 2024, 10.30 PM IST
Parliamentary panel on IT to examine mechanism to curb fake news, OTT issuesThe parliamentary committee will review mechanisms to curb fake news, OTT platforms, cryptocurrencies, and Artificial Intelligence. It will...
09 Oct, 2024, 10.05 PM IST
Indian software professional in US loses her Rs 4 crore savings to 'fake love'. What is 'pig butchering' scam?The "pig butchering" scam ensnared Shreya Datta, a tech professional from Philadelphia, in a devastating cryptocurrency romance fraud, resu...
26 Feb, 2024, 09.50 AM IST
PM says cyber crimes can have social, geopolitical implications; need global cooperation to deal it"Terrorist organisations are using technology for radicalisation, moving money from money laundering and drugs into terror funding, and cap...
03 Sep, 2023, 02.49 PM IST
Cyber criminals using fake websites to cash on FIFA World Cup, stealing personal info: ClouDSEKThe Bengaluru-based cyber security firm said that several Telegram channels were found selling Hayya cards (FIFA entry permit) for prices r...
28 Nov, 2022, 10.53 PM IST
Over half of Bitcoin's daily trading volume fake globally: reportBitcoin represents 40% of the $1 trillion global crypto market.
28 Aug, 2022, 01.10 PM IST
Indian investors likely lost Rs 1,000 cr to fake crypto exchanges: ReportCyber-security company CloudSEK said it had uncovered an ongoing operation involving several phishing domains and Android-based fake crypto...
21 Jun, 2022, 12.38 PM IST
US blames North Korean hackers for $625 million crypto heistIn one of the largest decentralised finance (DeFi) breaches yet, hackers stole cryptocurrencies worth $625 million from Ronin in March. The...
15 Apr, 2022, 11.41 AM IST
Australian watchdog sues Facebook-owner Meta over fake crypto adsMeta said any ads that scammed people out of money or misled users violated its policies and the company uses technology to detect and bloc...
18 Mar, 2022, 12.53 PM IST
Australian watchdog sues Facebook-owner Meta over scam advertisementsThe lawsuit filed in the Federal Court also alleges Facebook "aided and abetted or was knowingly concerned in false or misleading conduct a...
18 Mar, 2022, 07.46 AM IST
China now targets online platforms to 'clean up' internetThe Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) said it would launch a two-month special operation to target deceptive online behaviours, rang...
24 Dec, 2021, 12.37 AM IST
Fake news alert: No, Anand Mahindra hasn't found a 'wealth loophole', says he has no investment in cryptosThe fake news report claimed Mahindra's latest investment in cryptos has left 'banks terrified'.
22 Nov, 2021, 11.03 AM IST
Ripple sues YouTube over cryptocurrency scamsThe company says scammers on YouTube have been impersonating Ripple and its CEO, Brad Garlinghouse, to bait viewers into sending thousands ...
22 Apr, 2020, 10.58 PM IST