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Sonbhadra police team arrests cyber criminal from Jaipur for blackmailing woman

(Pic for representation)

Published on Dec 20, 2025 08:52 am IST

How Bengaluru techie sold plot, land to pay off scammers, lost ₹2 crore

Bengaluru techie sells plots, flats to pay off scammers(Pixabay/Representative image)

Published on Dec 16, 2025 04:24 pm IST

China accuses US of cyberattacks on national time centre, warns of breaches

China and the US have increasingly traded accusations of cyberattacks in the past few years, each portraying the other as its primary cyber threat.(REUTERS)

Published on Oct 20, 2025 12:42 pm IST

Akshay reveals daughter's horrifying gaming experience: 'Can you send me nudes'

Akshay Kumar opens up about distressing incident involving his daughter Nitara Kumar and online safety(Photos: X)

Published on Oct 03, 2025 04:18 pm IST

What caused the cyber attack in St. Paul today? Here's what we know so far

Representational.(Unsplash)

Updated on Jul 30, 2025 12:14 am IST

'Operation Ghost SIM': 7 held for providing mobile connections to cybercriminals

The racket provided criminals in Pakistan with WhatsApp accounts having Indian numbers, police said(Pixabay/Representative)

Published on May 19, 2025 09:09 pm IST

DeepSeek faces cyber attack after grand Wall Street opening, limits new users

DeepSeek AI, a Chinese tech startup last week released its open-source AI model, DeepSeek-R1.(Bloomberg)

Updated on Jan 27, 2025 10:57 pm IST

What is ‘pig butchering’ cyber scam flagged by MHA? All you need to know

Published on Jan 02, 2025 05:42 pm IST

Bengaluru businessman duped of ₹5 lakh by cybercriminals posing as fake cops

In 2024, residents of Karnataka have been defrauded of Rs109.01 crore through elaborate digital arrest scams. (PTI/FILE IMAGE)

Published on Dec 19, 2024 09:25 am IST

Centre warns against illegal digital payment gateways set up by cybercriminals

According to the MHA, the transnational cybercriminals launder money using accounts of shell companies and individuals

Published on Oct 28, 2024 10:57 pm IST

Samosa scam: Eatery ends up losing ₹28 K to cyber conman

A popular Lucknow eatery, famed for its tea amd ‘samosa’, was scammed of <span class='webrupee'>₹</span>28,000 by a cyber criminal posing as an army lieutenant, on the pretext of ordering samosa. (Pic for representation)

Updated on Jul 05, 2024 07:28 am IST

Wave of financial fraud cases hits Chandigarh

Police have lodged separate FIRs in connection with these complaints and launched probes. (Stock image)

Published on Jun 28, 2024 10:21 pm IST

Pune woman cheated of ₹2.60 lakh for online task fraud

The Chatushrungi Police has lodged a case against a cyber criminal for duping a 31-year-old woman of <span class='webrupee'>₹</span>2.60 lakh. (REPRESENTATIVE IMAGE)

Updated on Sept 07, 2023 11:55 pm IST

‘First lady of Afghanistan’ dupes 71-year-old of ₹5 lakh

After waiting for a week or so, Shah again tried to transfer the amount to his Indian account, but it didn’t get transferred. At this point, the alleged representative of Ghani said that he would send the amount to the complainant’s address. On April 4, a black man visited his house and handed him a bag claiming the entire money was in it. When the complainant opened it the next day, it turned out to be stacks of black paper cut into the shape of currency notes. (Image for representation)

Updated on Apr 10, 2023 12:41 am IST

Jamtara season 2 trailer: Jamtara is the new Chambal for cyber criminals

A still from Jamtara season 2 trailer.

Published on Sept 01, 2022 11:35 am IST

Indian tech companies need to buckle up: Cyble

To improve awareness about phishing, organizations should conduct routine tests on employees with fake phishing emails, Cyble recommends.(Cyble Inc)

Updated on May 19, 2024 09:04 pm IST

Agencies discuss informal channels for fast info sharing among nations to solve crimes

A view of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) headquarters in New Delhi. At a CBI-organised conference last week, law enforcement agencies discussed that the rising transnational crimes need close cooperation among international community for detection and collection of evidence in foreign jurisdictions.(HT FILE PHOTO)

Updated on Nov 01, 2020 12:53 pm IST

Jharkhand high court rejects bail plea of man accused of duping Punjab CM’s wife

Punjab chief minister Capt Amarinder Singh and his wife Preneet Kaur, who is the Congress MP from Patiala.(HT file photo)

Published on Sept 03, 2020 06:30 am IST

Hackers dump trove of IndiaBulls data as first ransom deadline ends

The leak included scans of customers’ KYC (know your customer) documents such Aadhaar cards, voter ID, PAN cards and passports, employees’ official ID details and phone numbers.(Bloomberg file photo)

Updated on Jun 25, 2020 03:50 am IST

Protection or threat? Experts say Aarogya Setu poses national security risk

Data of millions of Indians, collected through the Aarogya Setu app, could be vulnerable to threats from adversarial state and non-state actors and pose a national security challenge, according to cybersecurity experts and former intelligence officials.(AP fie photo)

Updated on May 23, 2020 12:35 am IST

Woman receives obscene calls after miscreant creates fake profiles on FB, Instagram

The victim found out that the cyber criminal had used the name and photo of another woman to create the profiles but had given her contact number, asking people to call on it for sex chats.(AP File)

Updated on Sept 05, 2018 06:43 am IST

More ATM card cloning victims surface in Punjab

(Representative image)

Updated on Aug 08, 2018 10:34 am IST

Mumbai man’s chip card cloned, ₹2.10 lakh withdrawn from Bihar ATMs

The Govandi police have registered an FIR against unidentified cyber criminals after a 25-year-old was cheated.(HT File Photo)

Updated on Jun 29, 2018 11:45 am IST

Honey traps or online scams, fraudsters use social media as their new hunting ground

Police officials said that the tactics for duping people vary, ranging from assuming the identity of a foreign national looking for a bride to enticing people with business ventures..(Sanjeev Verma/HT Photo)

Updated on Jun 27, 2018 04:05 pm IST

Threat to BJP MLAs: It’s handiwork of professional hackers, say cops

“Only a professional hacker can change proxy IP address using VPN.”(Representative image)

Published on May 25, 2018 01:56 pm IST

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