NEW DELHI: A model was reportedly held hostage digitally by cybercriminals for two hours and lost Rs 99,000, police revealed on Wednesday.Shivankita Dixit, who claims herself as a former Femina Miss India, West Bengal 2017, reported the incident to authorities. Dixit received a WhatsApp call on Tuesday from individuals claiming to be CBI officers, assistant…
The Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C), an essential initiative under the Ministry of Home Affairs, has achieved remarkable progress in tackling digital fraud. By November 15, 2024, it had successfully blocked more than 1,700 Skype IDs and 59,000 WhatsApp accounts involved in fraudulent activities. This proactive effort is part of a broader campaign to…
Nithin Kamath, CEO of the online brokerage firm Zerodha, expressed his concern on social media regarding the rising number of stock market scams. He revealed details about the recent case, highlighting how the victim was lured into a fraudulent scheme via a WhatsApp group. The group, posing as a legitimate training platform, promised stock market…
Union home minister Amit Shah during the ‘3rd Anti-terror Conference’ hosted by the National Investigation Agency (NIA), in New Delhi (Pic credit: PTI) NEW DELHI: Central and state law agencies engaged in the fight against terror on Friday agreed on the need to shift towards firmer and more collaborative efforts, backed by a standardised strategy,…
The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on Monday warned against illegal digital payment gateways being used for money laundering operations. The ministry in a notification said the illegal payment gateways are being created using mule and rented bank accounts. “Nation-wide raids by Gujarat Police and Andhra Pradesh Police reveal that trans-national criminals have created illegal…
NEW DELHI: In a recognition of the rampant threat of cybercrime, PM Narendra Modi on Sunday flagged the issue of fraudsters targeting people through ‘digital arrests’ as he clarified that no govt agency threatened individuals over the phone or demanded money.In his 115th episode of ‘Mann Ki Baat’, the PM detailed the modus operandi of…
PANAJI: After 10 years, a Panaji court acquitted engineer Devu Chodankar for his social media posts against Prime Minister Narendra Modi during the 2014 general elections.The court stated that the benefit of the doubt had to be given to him as the prosecution couldn’t establish offences against him, partly due to the testimony of the…
A new report by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) may increase problems for Telegram. The report claims that the encrypted messaging app has become a key tool for powerful criminal networks in Southeast Asia where large-scale illicit activities, including trade of stolen data, cybercrime tools for deepfakes and unlicensed cryptocurrency exchanges…
ICICI Bank has issued a strong warning to its customers about the rising threat of SMS-based scams. The bank highlighted that cybercriminals are using fraudulent messages to lure customers into revealing sensitive information through malicious links.“If you receive a message from a Bank, government agency or a company, verify its authenticity independently by contacting them…
Punjab and Haryana High Court has asked the central government to limit the number of prepaid SIM cards to one per person. Issuing an interim order in the Sumit Nandwani V/S State of Haryana, the high court said that if the Ministry of Telecommunication implements such a restriction, it could effectively curb cybercrime incidents, consequently…
