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Topic: cybercrime

‘Cybercrime courses costlier than IIT fee’—IPS officer’s new book gives lay of the land

Top cop Ashok Kumar's new book documents 12 short stories of cybercrime based on true events, with a foreword by Amitabh Bachchan.

50% of crimes reported are cybercrimes, loan app fraud most dangerous: Hyderabad police commissioner.

Hyderabad: Hyderabad city police commissioner C.V. Anand said Wednesday that of a daily average of 100 FIRs being filed in his jurisdiction, 50 percent...

Agra police bust call centre for ‘duping Americans on promise of free loans, selling info to hackers’

The US embassy has been informed about the crackdown and now the US investigation agencies will be involved in the probe.

Cybercriminals using ChatGPT to create more convincing online scam content: Norton

New Delhi: Artificial intelligence chatbot ChatGPT has shot to popularity since its launch last November, with millions of users — including cybercriminals. They're using...

India’s rapid digitisation has one major casualty—cybersecurity

Most states are financially stressed and have too many competing demands on their budget to accord cyber security any worthwhile priority.

After AIIMS ransomware attack, Modi govt’s building a task force to fight cyber espionage

DGPs discussed setting up National Counter Ransomware Taskforce last week. This is part of 3-fold measure which also includes drawing up National Information Security Policy Guidelines.

Why are cybercrime convictions low in India? ‘Weak forensics, dark net & cross-border attacks’

Five-year data, spanning 2017-2021, released by Union home ministry in Lok Sabha last week reveal abysmal conviction rates and high pendency in cybercrime cases.

Mewat is India’s latest Jamtara. And sextortion is the new kill

Mewat’s cybercrime industry has no kingpins. It’s a cottage industry of truck drivers, villagers lead sextortion racket.

40% of Indian firms lost $50k-$100k to fraud, economic crime during peak Covid, says PwC report

Silver lining is that there’s decline in fraud due to prevention measures taken up by managements, finds survey. As many as 112 Indian companies were part of global survey.

12 held across India for creating fake websites, email IDs of leading firms & duping people

The police conducted four separate operations where the accused were collecting money from people by creating their company's fake website.

On Camera

Shah Rukh Khan’s India is about love, not hate. Chak De! India to My Name Is Khan

This year, Jawan and The Kerala Story both won National Awards. The irony was impossible to miss. One critiqued the system, the other endorsed its narratives. The dichotomy says more about India’s cultural schizophrenia than any film review ever could.

Consumer Price Index gets up to date. Airfare, OTT plans, e-commerce prices in new basket—MoSPI secy

New CPI series will take 2024 as base year, will provide more accurate measure of inflation, spending on digital services. Expected to enhance representation and reliability, says Saurabh Garg.

Joint production, closer ties, emerging tech: The foundation of new defence pact between India & US

The agreement, signed after meeting between Rajnath and US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth on sidelines of ADMM-Plus in Kuala Lumpur, aims to deepen bilateral ties in the critical sector.

Trump’s trade wars have rewritten powerplay, but India didn’t get the memo

This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.