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Telangana: 5 from Kerala held for duping Jagtial man of Rs 4.23 crore
Hyderabad: Telangana Police have apprehended five individuals hailing from Kerala for allegedly being involved duping a man from Jagtial district of Rs 4.23 crore. The victim, Basetti Sankaraiah, received a call from…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad: Complaint filed against 3 pro-BJP influencers over morphing video
Hyderabad: Leaders of the Indian Youth Congress (IYC) on Friday, April 26 filed a complaint against 3 pro-BJP influencers, Rishi Bagree, Arun Pudur and Ajeet Bharti at the Cyber Crime Police Station…
- Technology
Hackers attacked Indian firms on average 2,444 times per week in last 6 months: Report
New Delhi: Hackers have attacked Indian organisations on average 2,444 times per week in the last six months, compared to 1,151 attacks per organisation globally, a new report revealed on Thursday. According…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad: 38-year-old man arrested for matrimonial frauds
Hyderabad: The Cyber Crime Police have apprehended a 38-year-old habitual offender involved in matrimonial frauds targeting vulnerable divorced women and widows. Police seized smartphones, fake rubber stamps, forged documents, and a fake…
- India
Thousands of Indians lured by data entry jobs trapped in cyber slavery in Cambodia
Thousands of Indians are reportedly trapped in Cambodia after being lured with opportunities of data entry jobs there. They are allegedly forced to carry out cybercrimes. According to a report in the…
- Telangana
In a first, Lok Adalat orders Rs 2.19 crore refund to cyber fraud victims
Hyderabad: In a significant development, the national Lok Adalat issued a historic order on Saturday, directing the refund of Rs 2.19 crore to 546 victims of cyber fraud in the state within…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad: Man held for morphing pics of minor girls, issuing threats
Hyderabad: The cybercrime police of Hyderabad arrested S Jishnu Kirthan Reddy, a resident of Medchal, for allegedly threatening young girls after morphing their pictures and videos. K Shilpavalli, DCP cybercrimes Hyderabad said,…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad cops arrest UP man for fraud involving Chinese entity
Hyderabad: The Hyderabad cybercrime police have arrested Harsh Kumar, 24, a resident of Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, based on a complaint from a victim in Taranaka. The accused was implicated in a scheme…
- Hyderabad
Cyberabad: Cybercrime cases spike in 2023, victims lose Rs 232.34 cr
Hyderabad: The Cyberabad commissionerate zone witnessed a significant increase in cybercrime cases in 2023 with the police registering 5342 cases. Victims of these crimes lost Rs 232.34 crore to the conmen. Last…
- India
India saw 761 cyber threat detections per minute in 2023: Report
New Delhi: India saw over 400 million cyber threats across approximately 8.5 million endpoints — averaging 761 detections per minute — in 2023 while Surat (15 per cent) and Bengaluru (14 per…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad 2nd after Mumbai in economic offences in 2022: NCRB data
Mumbai: India’s financial capital Mumbai recorded 6,960 cases of economic offences in 2022, the highest in any metro city, according to the latest data released by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB).…
- Crime
New online threat: How to protect yourself from digital arrest
With the advent of the digital age, cases of digital fraud and cybercrime have also risin rapidly. Meanwhile, “digital arrest” has emerged as a new manifestation of cyber crime, in which fraudsters…
- India
New cybercrime: Noida logs first case of ‘digital arrest’
Noida: The Uttar Pradesh Police has launched an investigation after a Noida resident found herself at the receiving end of a new cyber fraud trend, wherein she was duped of more than…
- Bangalore
Bengaluru BPO staffer arrested for storing 13K obscene photos of women
Bengaluru: A 25-year-old BPO staffer was arrested on charges of storing 13,000 obscene photos of women and morphing them with the faces of his female colleagues, said police on Thursday, adding that…
- Technology
Apple to send experts to join hacking threat notification probe in India
New Delhi: Apple is sending a team of experts to delve deep into the issue of some Indian politicians receiving threats notifications last month, warning them of state-sponsored hackers targeting their devices.…
