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Monday, January 5, 2026
TopicCybercrime

Topic: cybercrime

Getting ads for WFH jobs, ‘earn Rs 20,000 daily’? CBI says one of largest ‘cyber-enabled frauds’ in India

CBI has raided locations across India as part of 'Operation Chakra 2' to dismantle 'organised cyber-enabled financial crime’. An FIR in connection with the scam was registered last year.

CBI busts firms duping foreigners in guise of Microsoft & Amazon, Rs 100-cr crypto fraud in massive op

As part of CBI’s week-long ‘Operation Chakra 2’, searches carried out in MP, UP, Karnataka, Haryana, Kerala, TN, Punjab, Bihar, West Bengal and HP, as well as Delhi.  

‘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...

On Camera

New labour codes can change the harsh reality of gig work

Employers and customers need to understand that gig workers are as much workers as factory workers or farm labourers, and that they are not miscreants.

Trump threatens India with fresh tariffs on Russian oil, calls PM Modi a ‘good guy’

The latest comment comes as New Delhi and Washington have yet to sign a trade agreement. India’s purchase of Russian oil has reduced, but Moscow remains top source for crude.

Greece looking at TATA’s WhAP infantry combat vehicle for army procurement

If deal goes through, Greece will be 2nd foreign country to procure vehicle. Morocco was first; TATA Group has set up manufacturing unit there with minimum 30 percent indigenous content.

A year-end Mea Culpa in National Interest—The Army-Islam combo doesn’t kill democracy

Many of you might think I got something so wrong in National Interest pieces written this year. I might disagree! But some deserve a Mea Culpa. I’d deal with the most recent this week.