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What is ‘pig butchering’ cyber scam flagged by MHA? All you need to know
Cybercriminals have reportedly been using Google advertisements to target the victims of the fraud
Published on Jan 02, 2025 05:42 PM IST
Bengaluru businessman duped of ₹5 lakh by cybercriminals posing as fake cops
The Bengaluru police have registered a case under the Information Technology Act and Section 318 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) for cheating.
Published on Dec 19, 2024 09:25 AM IST
HT News Desk | Edited by Anagha Deshpande
Centre warns against illegal digital payment gateways set up by cybercriminals
The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has warned against illegal payment gateways created by transnational gangs of cybercriminals
Published on Oct 28, 2024 10:57 PM IST
Samosa scam: Eatery ends up losing ₹28 K to cyber conman
Reportedly, a man posing as an army lieutenant called one of the owners of the shop and ordered samosa for a week-long official event. He later conned the owner during payment.
Updated on Jul 05, 2024 07:28 AM IST
Wave of financial fraud cases hits Chandigarh
Rattan Kumar, 59, a resident of Sector 27-D, Chandigarh, was defrauded of ₹17.20 lakh by a cyber criminal posing as his uncle DC Jain
Published on Jun 28, 2024 10:21 PM IST
HT Correspondent, Chandigarh
Pune woman cheated of ₹2.60 lakh for online task fraud
Chatushrungi Police lodge case against cyber criminal for duping a woman of ₹2.60 lakh by promising a task and siphoning off money through different transactions.
Updated on Sep 07, 2023 11:55 PM IST
Nadeem Inamdar
‘First lady of Afghanistan’ dupes 71-year-old of ₹5 lakh
The victim – identified as Rameshkumar Shah who works as an accountant in a few firms – told the police that he received an email on February 18 in which the sender identified herself as Rula Ghani, the first lady of Afghanistan. Incidentally, Rula Ghani happens to be the name of the wife of Ashraf Ghani, who was Afghanistan’s president from 2014 until the Taliban took hold.
Updated on Apr 10, 2023 12:41 AM IST
Jamtara season 2 trailer: Jamtara is the new Chambal for cyber criminals
Jamtara Sabka Number Aayega season 2 trailer: Jamtara becomes the new Chambal for dacoits in the world of cyber crime.
Published on Sep 01, 2022 11:35 AM IST
Indian tech companies need to buckle up: Cyble
In the last 12 months, Cyble has observed a significant uptick in cybercriminal activities, including a number of threat actors actively targeting the nation.
Updated on May 19, 2024 09:04 PM IST
Agencies discuss informal channels for fast info sharing among nations to solve crimes
At least two officials who attended the conference said Indian agencies have been lately exchanging information with police forces or intelligence agencies of various countries on economic offenders, smugglers, cyber criminals and terrorists
Updated on Nov 01, 2020 12:53 PM IST
Neeraj Chauhan
Jharkhand high court rejects bail plea of man accused of duping Punjab CM’s wife
Patiala Congress MP Preneet Kaur was duped of ₹23 lakh in a cyber fraud case last year
Published on Sep 03, 2020 06:30 AM IST
Press Trust of India | Press Trust of India
Hackers dump trove of IndiaBulls data as first ransom deadline ends
The data dump came at the end of a 24-hour deadline and was followed by a threat to leak another tranche of sensitive information, Singapore-based Cyble said, identifying the alleged hackers as a group deploying what is known as the CL0P ransomware.
Updated on Jun 25, 2020 03:50 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Binayak Dasgupta
Protection or threat? Experts say Aarogya Setu poses national security risk
Indian government officials reject these concerns, saying their encryption standards have adequate protection against data or network breaches.
Updated on May 23, 2020 12:35 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Binayak Dasgupta
Woman receives obscene calls after miscreant creates fake profiles on FB, Instagram
The unidentified person shared the woman’s phone number with those online.
Updated on Sep 05, 2018 06:43 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Mumbai | Jayprakash S Naidu, Mumbai
More ATM card cloning victims surface in Punjab
Both Chandigarh and Mohali police have directed banks to tighten their security system at the ATMs by deploying more guards.
Updated on Aug 08, 2018 10:34 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Mohali | Shub Karman Dhaliwal
Mumbai man’s chip card cloned, ₹2.10 lakh withdrawn from Bihar ATMs
The accused withdrew the amount from the complainant’s saving account from four different ATMs across Bihar.
Updated on Jun 29, 2018 11:45 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Jayprakash S Naidu, Mumbai
Honey traps or online scams, fraudsters use social media as their new hunting ground
The most common cyber crime is still credit/debit card fraud with 1,122 complaints, Facebook-related cases of cheating are third on the list, next only to internet fraud with 183 complaints.
Updated on Jun 27, 2018 04:05 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Gurugram | Pavneet Singh Chadha, Gurugram
Threat to BJP MLAs: It’s handiwork of professional hackers, say cops
Threatening messages being sent to the Bharatiya Janata Party legislators and other leaders may be the mischief of a professional hacker or a group of cyber criminals.
Published on May 25, 2018 01:56 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Lucknow | Rohit Singh, Lucknow