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, 2022An 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, 2021Under new laws being considered by the government, company directors could be held accountable for cyber attacks.
July 13, 2021Explaining 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, 2020As 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, 2020The thriller explores the dark side of the digital and the social media world.
November 20, 2019The 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, 2019With 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, 2019While 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, 2019Akshara Haasan said that she has reached out to Mumbai Police and cyber cell to seek help.
November 8, 2018Since 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 …
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August 9, 2018The 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 …
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August 3, 2018Rajnath Singh expressed concern over the misuse of social media for illegal activities and directed to strengthen the capabilities of law enforcement agencies to be able to meet the challenges posed by it.
June 18, 2018The series of lynchings, first in Assam and then in West Bengal, suggests that the country is facing a serious crisis in law enforcement. Vigilantes are now taking law in their own hands and delivering instant justice. The sad thing is that the innocent are killed because a mob decides they are guilty. Social media …
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June 18, 2018Chief Minister, Jai Ram Thakur on Sunday said the Police required more expertise and IT qualified cops to handle cybercrime, which was on the rise in changing times. “In the fast changing socio-economic and political scenario, one needs to keep pace with the latest techniques and digital knowledge of high standards,” he said, presiding over …
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February 26, 2018Cybercrimes have cost businesses close to $600 billion globally – or 0.8 percent of the global GDP – which is up from $445 billion reported three years back, a report said on Thursday. The report by the global cybersecurity firm McAfee, prepared along with the Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), said that over …
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February 23, 2018"Though I am a security expert, I have no control over Twitter's security. I have haters. I am a target."
December 29, 2017