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Big tech firms must stop young people circulating nude images, says UK PM Starmer- Canadian man, who posed as New Jersey teen to sexually exploit over 145 US children, sentenced for 33 years
- What is Operation Eclipse? Inside the INTERPOL-led operation to bust child sexual abuse ring, rescue 65 kids and arrest 60 suspects across the Americas
- 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...11 Sep, 2025, 03.50 PM IST
- AI-powered 'nudify' apps fuel deadly wave of digital blackmailA Kentucky teen’s suicide has spotlighted the rise of AI-driven sextortion, where scammers use “nudify” apps to blackmail minors with fake ...17 Jul, 2025, 08.03 AM IST
- Nigerian scammers accused in AI-driven fake Brad Pitt fraudThe scammers deceived 53-year-old Anne, into believing that she was in a romantic relationship with a 61-year-old Hollywood actor Brad Pitt...21 Jan, 2025, 09.29 PM IST
- Four million users of Telegram AI can create deepfake nudes of anyone: ReportAI-powered chatbots on Telegram are being misused to create deepfakes, generating nude and explicit images of real people. Around 4 million...16 Oct, 2024, 04.44 PM IST
- Snap sued by New Mexico over failure to protect children from sexual exploitationThe lawsuit brought by New Mexico Attorney General Raul Torrez said a months-long investigation found that Snapchat was a primary platform ...06 Sep, 2024, 06.07 PM IST
- Meta removes 63,000 Instagram accounts in Nigeria over 'sextortion' scamsNigerian online fraudsters, known as "Yahoo boys," are notorious for scams that range from passing themselves off as people in financial ne...25 Jul, 2024, 09.09 AM IST
- Meta turns to AI to protect minors from 'sextortion' on InstagramMeta said on Thursday it was developing new tools to protect teenage users from "sextortion" scams on its Instagram platform, which has bee...11 Apr, 2024, 05.41 PM IST
- MHA think tank alerts against 'hijack', sextortion, impersonation scams on WhatsAppThe Bureau of Police Research and Development (BPRD) has issued an advisory and alert against various scams on WhatsApp that lead to cyber ...21 Jan, 2024, 01.48 PM IST
- G20 website targeted at least 16 lakh times last year: Cyber AgencyIndia's official G20 website was attacked at least 16 lakh times last year, with ₹10,319 crore stolen between April 2021 and December 2023....03 Jan, 2024, 11.56 PM IST
- Over Rs 10,300 crore siphoned off by cyber criminals since 2021: reportOver 4.52 lakh cyber crime cases were reported on the National Cybercrime Reporting Portal (NCRP) in 2021, which rose by 113.7% in 2022, wi...03 Jan, 2024, 07.06 PM IST
- Scams, phishing made up over 75% of digital threats in first half of 2023: ReportAccording to the consumer cyber safety brand Norton's new report released on Thursday, cybercriminals now have added support from Artificia...21 Sep, 2023, 04.06 PM IST
- Amid sextortion's rise, computer scientists tap AI to identify risky appsPredators are increasingly weaponizing apps and online services to collect explicit images. Last year, law enforcement received 7,000 repor...11 Aug, 2023, 11.08 AM IST
- 'Fake bride' extorts Rs 1.1 crore from UK-based engineer after video callThe woman befriended Sunny with a fake profile and borrowed Rs 1,500 by citing a medical emergency. Later, she exposed herself while secret...31 Jul, 2023, 02.54 PM IST
- No kingpins, just a smartphone and SIM card: How cybercriminals in Mewat scam mobile ownersDelhi Police are also now keeping an eye on the young scammers operating from the Mewat region after several cases of scams revealed that t...19 Feb, 2023, 04.30 PM IST
- Pune witnesses rise in 'sextortion' cases with cyber fraudsters on prowl; Over 1,400 cases reported in 2022Over 1,400 cases of 'sextortion' have been reported in the city of Pune this year so far, reported PTI citing the police. The lurking cyber...16 Oct, 2022, 10.34 AM IST
- With a bribery rate of 39%, India worst in Asia: SurveyOnly 47% of people surveyed in India believe that corruption has increased over the past 12 months and 63% believe that the government is d...26 Nov, 2020, 02.21 PM IST
- Sextortion, blackmail & porn scams on the rise in the wake of Covid-19 outbreak; why you shouldn't be scaredThese emails are scams, and are just a pack of lies to frighten you into sending money.20 Apr, 2020, 05.35 PM IST
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