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Topic: cybercrime

‘PVR’ of fighting cyber crime: Haryana DGP bats for Pause, Verify, Report model to check online fraud

Three-step 'simple, musical' strategy linked with Bollywood songs is designed to prompt people to take two crucial seconds to think when a suspicious message or call hits phone.

IAF brings back 270 Indians who fled to Thailand to escape Myanmar cyber scam hub

They were lured into Myanmar by promises of lucrative jobs. But once there, they found themselves forced into criminal activities by operators of the alleged scam center.

India’s IT hub Bengaluru is also the cybercrime capital with over 17,000 cases

Uttar Pradesh recorded the highest number of convictions in cybercrime cases at 446, followed by Jharkhand with 114.

Nigeria deports 50 Chinese nationals in cybercrime crackdown

Abuja: Nigeria has deported 50 Chinese nationals and one Tunisian convicted of cyber-terrorism and internet fraud as part of a crackdown on foreign-led cybercrime...

House panel to Modi govt—empower CBI to probe cybercrime cases without state’s consent

IUML MP in dissent note to House panel chairperson says recommended amendments to DSPE Act, 1946, are ‘sweeping’ and may impinge upon cooperative federalism.

India’s elderly are losing their savings to scams. And it’s creating health problems

Tapan Bhattacharya, a retired banker, said his degree of awareness of such crimes is high. He still lost Rs 20 lakh in a scam.

Jamtara is getting a big makeover, shedding stigma. Police are aiding, not raiding

Jamtara is going all out to erase its tag as a cybercrime capital. Cops are running coaching classes, turning old thanas into libraries, and inviting YouTubers to teach positive internet use.

Pyramid of cyber criminals & stolen data at heart of digital arrest scam. They know everything about you

In Part 2 of this two-part series, ThePrint spoke to Pao Pao, a recruiter who said those hired for ‘digital arrest’ scams submit passports and are only allowed to leave compound thrice a week.

In a first, 540 Indians detained from Cambodian scam farms to be repatriated on 10 March

As many as a thousand people were detained after joint raids by Thai and Cambodian law enforcement agencies from various scam farms over the past week, it is learnt.

How scammers are using AI, transforming India’s cybercrime landscape. ’60-70% of our work depends on it’

In the past 11 months, 90,000 digital arrest scams have been reported with victims losing over Rs 2,100 cr. Many more cases likely go unreported due to embarrassment or lack of awareness.

On Camera

Congress wasted a chance to turn the tables on BJP over Vande Mataram. It chose appeasement

Seven decades after Independence, the “Hindu Congress” is accusing the BJP on the same lines as the Muslim League had done.

NITI Aayog flags what India needs for its ‘$30 tn by 2047’ goal—‘a developed corporate bond market’

Report looks at imbalance between equity & corporate bond markets amid India’s growth ambitions and diverse capital needs, while outlining strategy to unlock full potential.

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.