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Friday, December 12, 2025
TopicCyber crime

Topic: Cyber crime

Delhi Police busts ‘international cyber crime syndicate’ in operation with FBI, Interpol

Four arrested produced in Patiala House Court in Delhi and sent to 5-day police custody. Evidence of 'fraud worth over $ 20 million' has been collected so far, say Delhi police.

Delhi police bust gang that ‘cheated over 1,000 people’ in garb of providing govt e-services

Three including alleged mastermind held for cheating people of Rs 17 lakh. Accused also allegedly created WhatsApp groups to advertise their ‘services’.

‘57% of all frauds’ in India happen online, ‘26% of Indian organisations lost over $1 million’ to such scams

Report by Pricewaterhouse Coopers focuses on 'platform fraud', which happens via an online platform, and is the biggest source of fraud suffered by Indian companies.

Did you get a WhatsApp video call from unknown number? Chat apps fair game as online con takes new form

As scammers get innovative by the day, experts say regulations aren’t the issue but enforcing them is. User awareness is of the essence, they add. 

Cybercriminals ‘cloning’ Aadhaar biometric data to commit fraud: MHA nodal agency to states

I4C, MHA's nodal agency for cybercrime, has requested states/UTs to 'mask' fingerprints on documents when uploading them on registry websites.

Move over, Jamtara. Most fake customer care numbers registered in Bengal, says cyber firm study

Study by Bengaluru-based cybersecurity firm CloudSEK analyses 20,000 fake customer care numbers. Report, released Friday, says Delhi and Uttar Pradesh tied for second spot.

How police, probe agencies are tackling growing menace of illegal call centres

The hurdles police & probe agencies face include victims not registering complaints or unwilling to record a statement, and the accused, who often deal in Bitcoins & change offices.

‘Foreign sabotage, ransomware, espionage’ — angles under probe in AIIMS cyberattack

Message left on AIIMS servers by alleged hackers said there was a 'guarantee of repair of all data files' & also offered to decrypt 3 files for free before a payment was made, it is learnt.

Delhi Police arrests four for duping people with gigolo, masseuse job offers

According to police, the accused cheated around 100 people, including the son of a police official. It was found that they were running the scam for the last two years.

Bogus SMSes, victims cheated of over Rs 1 cr, 65 arrests — how Delhi cops blew lid off ‘BSES scam’

Operational for six months, the syndicate behind 'scam' used four methods — selling/providing SIM cards, providing dummy accounts, scamming via tele-callers, and E-Mitra associates.

On Camera

IndiGo cancellations made TV news do the unexpected — question the Modi government

Republic TV was the harshest of them all: “The (civil aviation) minister has done a bad job,” said prime time anchor Arnab Goswami.

IndiGo’s profits dipped, most airlines sunk into losses last fiscal even as flier numbers soared

Despite growing passenger volume, 11 out of 14 carriers reported losses in 2023-24. IndiGo recorded profit of Rs 8,167 crore, which reduced to Rs 7.253 crore in 2024-25.

US clears $686-mn package to breathe fresh life into Pakistani F-16s

Of the total package, $649 million will be utilised for additional hardware, software, and support services, and the remaining for Major Defence Equipment (MDE).

Asim Munir & Pakistan’s Failed Marshal Doctrine

None of Pakistan’s PMs has lasted 5 years. That the current PM has given Asim Munir 5 years shows that of all military dictatorships history has seen, Pakistan’s is most creative.