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Thursday, April 9, 2026
TopicDark web

Topic: dark web

How a hacked-email marketplace fuelled hoax bomb threats—and how police bought their way to the seller

A 30-year-old man West Bengal allegedly ran an online platform selling email IDs, many of which were used to send hoax bomb threats. Police cracked him by becoming his customers.

Australia’s world-first social media ban for children under 16 attracts mixed reaction

A spokesperson for TikTok said the ban could see young people pushed to darker corners of the internet where no community guidelines, safety tools, or protections exist.

Operation Cookie Monster—International crackdown of world’s largest illegal dark web market

The takdown resulted in seizure of hundreds of thousands of stolen identities and online access credentials that were for sale on Genesis market.

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.

How police, probe agencies are tackling growing menace of illegal call centres

The hurdles police & probe agencies face include victims not registering complaints or unwilling to record a statement, and the accused, who often deal in Bitcoins & change offices.

Cybersecurity firm ‘sniffed out’ hacked Tiruppur hospital data on dark web. Now, it’s a ‘victim’ too

Bengaluru-based CloudSEK claimed last week that patient data from Sree Saran Medical Centre was being sold online. This week, the firm’s customer names & purchase orders got leaked.

On Camera

Trump’s fanboys in BJP are now proved wrong. Lesson here is to never personalise diplomacy

The only thing our deeply divided world can agree on is that Trump is a menace. Indians who once sang his praises have now turned viciously against him.

Data centre gold rush risks blackouts, central electricity body warns states against tripping grids

India’s fast-growing data centre sector may strain state electricity networks; Central Electricity Authority has urged Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Tamil Nadu to boost capacity.

Western theatre against Pakistan to be headed by IAF, Northern theatre under Army to focus on China

India's military to get Vice Chief of Defence Staff along with one Theatre Commander from each of three services, it is learnt.

China insulated itself against energy shocks. India is ‘all talk, no walk’

China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.