Tag: Cybercrime
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SBI warns customers against instant loan apps
The country's largest lender, State Bank of India (SBI) has warned customers against instant loan apps and even suggested measures to safeguard against the menace.
November 24, 2022 -
State Home Ministers’ ‘Chintan Shivir’ concludes with commitment to move towards thematic approach
To achieve a 90 per cent conviction rate target, the states were also advised to focus on forensic sciences which play a big role.
October 29, 2022 -
Beware of unverified apps, 2.5 lakh data of Indians stolen
If sources are to be believed, the data of these Indians, trapped in fake loan apps, has been sent to China using Chinese servers.
September 5, 2022 -
Beware! You may end up in the web of fake clothing websites
A senior police official from the Delhi Police said that such illegal acts are in trend among frauds. People are getting cheated with their hard-earned money on these fake websites.
August 20, 2022 -
India POS defrauded of over Rs 1.71 crore using Indonesian POS email
On the basis of a complaint received by one of the Indian POS officials, an FIR, under IPC section 419, 420 and section 66C/66D under IT Act 2000, has been registered and investigation is underway.
August 5, 2022 -
Asthana inaugurates new premises of Cyber Police Station North-West District
The aim is to deal with the complaints and cases related to cybercrime with alacrity, swift response and professionalism and to ensure quality investigations of such crimes.
March 23, 2022 -
Haryana : 1 held for demanding Rs 20 lakh ransom from hotelier
An official spokesperson said the caller had threatened to kill the victim and his family if he failed to comply with his demand of Rs 20 lakh.
December 2, 2021 -
Australians losing billions of dollars to cyber crime: Report
Under new laws being considered by the government, company directors could be held accountable for cyber attacks.
July 13, 2021 -
Cyber Crime: Haryana Police cautions against scanning unknown QR codes
Explaining the modus operandi, additional director general of police (law and order) said that first, these scammers pose as buyers or sellers for second hand goods online and then they send a QR code asking victims to scan it for ease of executing payment.
February 14, 2020 -
Paris vacay turns nightmare for Noida girl as she loses 1.5 lakh in matter of minutes
As per the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) guidelines, there is a three-day window for the affected customers to do the necessary formalities in case of a fraudulent online transaction.
January 20, 2020 -
Hina Khan’s upcoming film ‘Hacked’ gets a release date
The thriller explores the dark side of the digital and the social media world.
November 20, 2019 -
Delhi Police arrests man sending death threats to Kejriwal from Mumbai
The arrested man, identified as 28-year-old Abhishek Tiwari, belongs to Uttar Pradesh's Unnao but was living in Mumbai's Nala Sopara since 2016
August 9, 2019 -
Finding solutions to cybercrime
With the growing threat of data leakage in the age of Internet, the investigation and security sector is rapidly evolving as a career option to check such offences
May 14, 2019 -
Data Privacy Day today: 6 tips to secure your data every day
While today might be the official Data Privacy Day, remember its Data Privacy Day tomorrow, the day after and the day after that. It’s like Quit Smoking Day – you take it on for the rest of your digital life.
January 28, 2019 -
Kamal Haasan’s daughter Akshara Haasan falls prey to cybercrime
Akshara Haasan said that she has reached out to Mumbai Police and cyber cell to seek help.
November 8, 2018 -
Don’t shoot the messenger
Since it was introduced to the world in 2009, WhatsApp has become one of the more popular messaging apps with an estimated 1.5 billion users worldwide. It was acquired by Facebook in 2014, an event which seems to have resulted in a massive spurt in the number of users in India. Currently, there are around...
August 9, 2018 -
Any Time Misery
The loot of at least Rs 20 lakh from the ATMs of several banks, both nationalised and private, has bamboozled both the bank authorities and the Lalbazar headquarters of Kolkata police. Indeed, the deftly calibrated loot has left the police brass shaking their heads in disbelief; a hi-tech bank theft of this magnitude has never...
August 3, 2018