Over 35 deaths due to lynching have been reported from nine states in 2017 after circulation of rumours on social media.
October 25, 2018School students have been warned against cyberbullying, in the recent safety guidelines published by Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan. Schools under RMSA has received new guidelines for young netizens to take into account several safety measures when using internet or social networking sites. The measures range from general instructions such as changing passwords annually to urging …
April 22, 2018Two more people, one of them an expert in solving cyber crimes, have been arrested in connection with the call data records (CDR) racket busted here a few days ago, a police official said. Jasprit Singh Marwah (27) and Ajinkya Nagargoje (30) were arrested from Pune on Tuesday night, DCP (Crime) Abishek Trimukhe told reporters …
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February 8, 2018Yeanur Rahman came to Dhaka with big dreams. She studied hard, aced her final exams maintaining a good GPA and got admitted into a public university in the Bangladesh capital. Things were going exactly as she had envisioned. Better yet, the freshman thought she had fallen in love with someone in her very first year. …
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December 28, 2017Over three-fourths of organisations polled recognise cybersecurity as one of the top five business risks, but despite that most have cybersecurity budgets of less than 10 per cent of total planned expenses, a KPMG survey stated on Friday. “79 per cent organisations identified cybersecurity as one of the top five business risks,” said KPMG in …
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December 15, 2017Union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on 4 June said the Centre was mulling "further reinforcement" in the IT law to prevent cyber crimes including, posting and sharing of videos containing sexually abusive material. The law and IT minister said he has given directions to top officials in the IT ministry to work on the matter …
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June 5, 2017After Mumbai and Pune, Nashik will have a separate cyber police station, considering rising number of crimes through internet and other online media, city Police Commissioner Ravinder Kumar Singhal said on Thursday. "The Police Commissionerate has decided to open a separate cyber police station soon," the commissioner told reporters. He also listed various initiatives launched …
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March 31, 2017Ever since the increase in ‘cashless transactions’ post demonetisation, there appears to be a manifold increase in cyber crimes with fraudsters targeting people using digital payments and e-wallets for their daily needs. According to the Cyber Cell of Chandigarh Police, as many as 89 complaints regarding have been cyber fraud have been received in past 22 days. Out of these, 28 …
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January 24, 2017