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Tuesday, March 31, 2026
TopicCybercrime

Topic: cybercrime

‘Krrish’ unmasked: How CBI trapped the ghost who ‘lured Indians to Myanmar cyber scam farms’

With just an alias to go by, investigators stayed locked on to their faceless target until they got their man moments before he could fly away.

How a hacked-email marketplace fuelled hoax bomb threats—and how police bought their way to the seller

A 30-year-old man West Bengal allegedly ran an online platform selling email IDs, many of which were used to send hoax bomb threats. Police cracked him by becoming his customers.

From Noida hospital, cancer patient helped run cybercrime gang that cheated 1.5L Indians, say UP cops

Money allegedly routed to Hong Kong; Aligarh police say they seek a purple notice by Interpol to get more information about the cybercrime gang

After Indonesia & Malaysia, Philippines moves to block Grok AI

The Philippines’ cybercrime center is working with the telecoms commission to implement the “immediate” blocking of Grok.

‘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.

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.

On Camera

A communist state’s capitalist expedition. How Kerala CM Pinarayi came to embrace private enterprise

Despite its new avatar, Kerala’s culture remains rooted in socialistic principles. Yet there is growing acceptance to ‘privatisation with participation', observers say.

India developing lethal autonomous weapon systems, database of citizens’ crime risk—House Panel report

Report on impact of AI emergence—drawing upon depositions from several ministries—confirms that the developments come in the absence of AI laws or considerations over them.

Gulf war exposed India’s fragilities. It’s time for navel-gazing, in the national interest

It’s easy to understand why the government can’t speak the hard truth. When this war ends, as all wars do, India’s interests will lie with both the winner and the loser.