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Tuesday, March 3, 2026
TopicCybercrimes

Topic: cybercrimes

Keep enough staff on cybercrime helpline—Amit Shah tells states to improve response time to 1930 calls

According to the Union home minister, one person falls prey to cybercriminals every three and a half seconds and 97-100 people every hour in the country. 

Home Ministry’s 14C has blocked over Rs 8,031.56 crore in fraud. Here’s how it works

The ministry also said in Parliament that India has a total of 459 dedicated cybercrime police stations, as of 2024.

Love, dropshipping & dhokha—life on a ‘cyber scam farm’, straight from the horse’s mouth

‘A client from Mumbai put in Rs 2.5 cr after taking a personal loan and lost all the money’. Two men in their 20s reveal how ‘scam farms’ in Myanmar identify, dupe targets.

Collaboration can disrupt cybercrime. Recent takedowns show why

Operation Serengeti led to the arrests of more than 1,000 suspected cybercriminals who targeted 35,000 people across 19 African nations.

DoT, TSPs Deploy New System to Block Spoofed International Calls

Initiative aims to combat fraud, impersonation, and other cybercrimes

24% spike in cybercrime in India, shows NCRB data. Fraud, extortion & sexual exploitation top motives

The crime rate in the country has also gone up, to 4.8% in 2022 from 3.9% in 2021, according to data released by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB).

Govt launches ‘quantum communication’ network with a dare: Rs 10L for ethical hackers who can break encryption

Quantum communication refers to communication channels that take advantage of laws of quantum physics to protect data & in theory, is much more secure than traditional systems.

Crypto is huge in Ukraine war. But cybercrimes, evasion risks call for new regulations

The decentralized nature of crypto allows digital currencies to be traded quickly, making them a useful tool for getting money into conflict zones.

North Korea stole record-high cryptocurrency assets in 2022, says UN report

The independent sanctions monitors reported to the UN that South Korea has estimated that North Korean-linked hackers stole virtual assets worth $630 million in 2022.

On Camera

Khamenei’s assassination—what did US achieve by ripping up international law

Even if Narendra Modi is too petrified to take a stand, the Congress and Sonia Gandhi have rightly criticised this outright violation of international norms.

India has ‘40–45 days’ of crude cover, but long-term Hormuz disruption could inflate import bill

India’s strategic reserves offer a temporary cushion as the Hormuz blockade amid US-Israel war against Iran jolts global energy markets and threatens energy security.

France expands nuclear arsenal after decades, to extend umbrella across Europe. Here’s what it means

Announcement comes amid sustained strain on trans-atlantic alliance, with French President Macron declaring that France will forge an independent European security architecture.

Pakistan is fighting a two-front war. I saw it coming 15 yrs ago

The Pakistani political leadership is weak and devoid of any intellect. Its diplomacy is entirely India-China-US focused and suffers from a presumptive view of Afghanistan as a vassal.