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Wednesday, November 26, 2025
TopicCybercrimes

Topic: cybercrimes

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

Rajnath Singh is discovering India-Pakistan civilisational ties

Even as India, Pakistan have seemed on the edge of war, their intelligence services have often sought to find space to de-escalate tensions and reduce risks for the two countries.

Chhattisgarh pitches state as hub for ‘specialty steel’, nets investment plans of Rs 6,321 crore

Speaking at 2nd Investor Connect, CM Vishnu Deo Sai says 'we have been able to attract a lot of investors.' The focus of the event was the steel sector. 

India eyes more S-400s with upcoming Putin visit, Su-57 likely to stay off radar

Not only did S-400 record its longest hit during India-Pakistan 88-hour conflict, ability of the system to shoot and scoot in a short time, which allows it to evade enemy fire, was also proved.

A tribute to Tejas. India’s delay culture is the real enemy in the skies

It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.