The Hyderabad City Police arrested 104 people across 16 states in a nationwide crackdown on a cyber fraud syndicate, seizing cash and electronic devices in a campaign dubbed “Operation Octopus.”
Cybercriminals are on the prowl in Odisha making off around Rs 125 crore hard-earned money of people during 2021 to 2023, the state government told the Assembly on Monday.
As we advance into the digital age of the Anthro pocene Epoch, decision-makers place more and more reliance on computer programs, to the exclusion of common sense, and their own good judgement.
Needless to mention cybercrime is on the rise in the state and a good deal of people is affected by the menace.
North Korea appears to be diversifying its cybercrimes to offset the declining value of cryptocurrencies it steals to fund its nuclear and missile programmes.
To prevent cybercrimes, Haryana Police’s director general Shatrujeet Kapur on Friday urged bank officials to ensure bank accounts are linked to the mobile number given in the account holders’ Aadhaar card.
A total of 1,931 cyber crimes were reported in 2020, an increase of 30.03 per cent from 1,485 in the previous year and staggering 129 per cent from 843 in 2018, NCRB report stated.
Tamil Nadu has reported several cybercrimes leading to suicides following blackmail and heavy financial losses to several people. The police is expected to bring down cybercrimes in the state by fully implementing this scheme.
The government has decided to set up an inter-ministerial committee to monitor implementation of measures to check rise in financial…
