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Wednesday, November 5, 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

Nitish Kumar’s journey from endurance to exhaustion

Nitish Kumar has mastered the rhythm of renewal in Bihar. In a democracy of churn and chance, endurance may be the rarest—and most refined—form of political art.

India may cancel green projects struggling to find clients

While the move could free up grid capacity struggling to keep up with rapid renewable rollout, it would be a major setback for green ambitions. India aims to double clean power capacity to 500 gigawatts by the end of the decade.

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

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.