6 years, 5 months ago

How BrahMos engineer was 'honeytrapped' by Pakistan's ISI through fake Facebook profiles of women

BrahMos Aerospace engineer Nishant Agrawal loved to explore the social media and it was this attraction which proved costly for him. Agrawal, who has been arrested on charges of espionage, was reportedly 'honeytrapped' by Pakistan's intelligence agency Inter-Services Intelligence through fake Facebook profiles. A court in Nagpur on Tuesday granted UT ATS three-day transit remand on Agrawal who was arrested on Monday in a joint operation by the ATS units of Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra police at BrahMos' Wardha Road facility for allegedly leaking 'technical information' to Pakistan. ISI used fake Facebook accounts to lure engineer During the court proceedings, an Investigating Officer of the UP ATS said that Nishant Agrawal was in touch with two Facebook accounts, operated under the names 'Neha Sharma' and 'Pooja Ranjan'. Such fake accounts are reportedly used to approach senior officials in India and Agrawal too was approached by those operating these two Facebook accounts, the officer informed the court.

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1 week, 4 days ago

Firozabad man ‘leaks’ sensitive info to ISI, arrested

Hindustan Times

An employee of an ordnance factory in Firozabad was on Friday arrested for espionage after he allegedly leaked classified information to Pakistani intelligence agency ISI, Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terror Squad said. The said employee, Ravindra Kumar, 45, was honey-trapped by ISI handler ‘Neha Pandey’, and he shared information concerning the factory with her through Facebook and WhatsApp, the agency said. The …

1 week, 6 days ago

Pakistan ISI agent ‘Neha’ honey-traps Indian man on Facebook; ‘sensitive info’, details on ‘Gaganyaan’ leaked

Live Mint

In a major security breach, the Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terrorist Squad has arrested an ordnance factory worker for allegedly spying for Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence. The accused, Ravindra Kumar, was reportedly honey-trapped by an ISI handler named ‘Neha’ and had been leaking sensitive defence information for an extended period. Investigation revealed that the accused shared details such as “daily production report,” “receipt …

2 months, 3 weeks ago

Delhi man defrauds 700 women on Bumble and Snapchat posing as US model on India trip

Live Mint

In a shocking case of online deception, Tushar Singh Bisht, a 23-year-old recruiter from Noida, was arrested in East Delhi for allegedly defrauding more than 700 women by posing as a US-based model on popular dating apps, including WhatsApp, Bumble and Snapchat. Tushar Singh's arrest comes after a detailed investigation by the Cyber Police Station of West Delhi, which uncovered …

2 months, 3 weeks ago

Fake FB account of Chandigarh SSP surfaces, probe launched

Hindustan Times

A fake Facebook profile of senior superintendent of police, Chandigarh, Kanwardeep Kaur, has surfaced recently, prompting the Chandigarh Cyber Crime Cell to initiate an investigation. SSP Kaur issued a public statement warning citizens about the fake account and urged them to exercise caution. Please do not send any money or personal information to this account or any suspicious accounts.” She …

3 months, 1 week ago

Scammers create fake Facebook profile of President Murmu, target Ranchi resident

India Today

Using fake social media accounts to defraud and extort money from people has become a common tactic for cyber scammers. Cybercriminals have created a fake account impersonating President Droupadi Murmu in an attempt to scam people. Recently, Facebook user Mantu Soni, a resident of Hazaribagh in Jharkhand, received a friend request from an account that appeared to belong to the …

4 months ago

Money Doubling Scams: Followers of India's favourite financial gurus on target

India Today

Post-covid years saw two trends in the finance world: a steep surge in the number of investors on the D-street and the popularity of financial influencers, or “finfluencers”, who drew lakhs of new followers with their “smart” money-making tips. India Today’s Open-Source Intelligence team found at least a dozen channels impersonating some of India’s most trusted financial voices--Parimal Ade, CA …

4 months, 1 week ago

After Minahil Malik, Insha Rehman, THIS Pakistani influencer’s private video leaked

Live Mint

A new name has been added to the growing list of Pakistani influencers whose leaked videos have surfaced online. Following the controversy surrounding TikTokers Minahil Malik and Imsha Rehman’s alleged MMS leaks, Pakistani TV host and influencer Mathira has now become the target of online trolls after a private video of hers was leaked on social media. Mathira's video leaked …

4 months, 2 weeks ago

Imsha Rehman viral video: Why Pakistani TikToker has deactivated her account? What’s there in the ‘explicit’ clip?

Live Mint

Pakistani TikToker Imsha Rehman has met a similar fate to that of social media influencer Minahil Malik. The young TikToker has become the new victim of privacy breach after her explicit videos have gone viral on social media and have been shared widely on WhatsApp. The incident raises serious questions about the privacy of social media influencers, as a few …

4 months, 2 weeks ago

200 people duped of ₹42 lakh: How 19-year-old social media ’influencer’ lured victims

Live Mint

The Rajasthan police recently busted a fake investment scheme by a teen social media influencer. The imposter fraudulently cheated more than 200 people of about ₹42 lakh through a bogus investment scheme. The state police on Monday informed that Kashif Mirza was a class 11th student, who targeted social media users by luring victims with fake promises that they could …

7 months ago

Court reserves judgement on BrahMos engineer accused of espionage

Hindustan Times

NAGPUR: The Bombay high court has reserved its judgement on a case involving Nishant Agrawal, former award-winning BrahMos Aerospace engineer accused of espionage, who was sentenced to life imprisonment by a sessions court for leaking military secrets to Pakistan. HT Image Agrawal, who worked in a missile assembly unit in Nagpur, had challenged his conviction before the Nagpur bench of …

7 months, 2 weeks ago

Two from Rajasthan held for cloning social media profile of senior IPS officer in Chennai

The Hindu

Officers of the Cyber Crime Wing of the Central Crime Branch, Chennai, arrested two men from Rajasthan for allegedly creating a fake profile of senior police officer R. Thiruvanavurkkarasu and cheating his friends and followers. Despite the fake profile being closed following a report to Facebook, the fraudsters opened another fake account and cheated a couple of followers and lured …

9 months, 1 week ago

Pakistani spies used three malware apps to retrieve data from honeytrapped BrahMos missile engineer Nishant Agarwal’s laptop

Op India

Nishant Agrawal, a former BrahMos scientist, was recently convicted to life imprisonment by a sessions court for passing military secrets to Pakistan. During the Nishant Agrawal trial, UP-ATS investigation officer Pankaj Awasthi stated that a person named ‘Sejal’ created a Facebook account from Pakistan to trap Agarwal. The chats between Brahmos Aerospace missile engineer Nishant Agarwal and Pakistani spy ‘Sejal’ …

9 months, 3 weeks ago

BrahMos spying case: Young achiever lured online, shared top-secret data with Pak spies

Hindustan Times

He was young and talented and full of aspirations but Nishant Pradeepkumar Agrawal, a recipient of the Defence Research and Development Organisation’s Young Scientist award, wanted to make it big and make it fast. When a Nagpur district court slapped life imprisonment on Agrawal for spying for the Inter-Services Intelligence of Pakistan, it came as a rude shock to many, …

10 months, 2 weeks ago

Here's How India foiled Pakistan’s honey-trap plot to gather sensitive BrahMos info from DRDO

ABP News

Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence, infamous for its notorious attempts of waging asymmetrical war against India, once again bit the dust as its major ‘honey-trapping’ bid was foiled in Gujarat and a man was arrested in the case. This time, an ISI was eyeing information on India’s one of the most advanced missile system, BrahMos. A Pakistani agent, posing as a girl …

1 year, 1 month ago

‘Pakistan spy’ working at Indian embassy in Moscow arrested

The Independent

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Police have arrested an employee …

1 year, 2 months ago

Twitter (X) of Hinduphobic fake news peddler ‘Hindutva Watch‘ withheld in India

Op India

The official X account of Hinduphobic user ‘Hindutva Watch’ has been withheld in India. X user Indian Cyber Defender took to the social media platform earlier known as Twitter to inform his followers that @HindutvaWatchIn has been withheld in India. Case no : 96 Accounts Withheld : @HindutvaWatchIn 78.9K Followers🔥🔥🔥 INDIAN CYBER DEFENDER legal team proceedings & Reporting done for …

1 year, 4 months ago

ISI agents honey trapped Indian man to divulge border secrets, police say

Firstpost

Kumar, a native of Anandgarh Khajuwala in Bikaner, close to the international border between India and Pakistan, and a bike mechanic by trade, was picked up right away on Saturday and taken to the Joint Interrogation Centre in Jaipur The Rajasthan Police’s intelligence unit detained a 22-year-old man on Sunday on suspicion of being a Pakistani spy and providing Pakistan’s …

1 year, 8 months ago

Gujarat ATS busts ISI spy network; one held in Kutch for leaking BSF information – India TV

India TV News

The Gujarat Anti-Terrorism Squad busted a module of Pakistan’s ISI spy network in the state on Saturday. The ATS has also arrested one person in Kutch for leaking BSF information. According to the officials, Balia came in contact with the Pakistani agent sometime in January 2023, and shared several sensitive documents regarding electrification work in the under-construction and existing BSF …

2 years, 1 month ago

Men held for cheating over 100 people impersonating 'high-profile' individuals

The Hindu

Two men were arrested for allegedly impersonating high-profile people by using their picture as WhatsApp DP and taking money from the impersonated men's relatives and friends, police said on Saturday. The accused, 19-year-old Javed Khan and 23-year-old Amit Kumar, used pictures of high-profile people from social media, and cheated more than 100 people in the last one year alone, they …

2 years, 5 months ago

Honeytrapped Sena Bhawan staff jailed, yet ‘in love’ with Pakistani agent

Live Mint

Jailed Sena Bhawan employee is still in shock that the woman he loves is a Pakistani agent and he was framed by her to divulge sensitive information. Since 2017, the state police have arrested 35 persons with similar charges Of the 35 people, including civilians and security personnel, six were arrested in 2017, as many in 2019, five in 2020, …

2 years, 10 months ago

India arrests air force sergeant for leaking sensitive information in Pakistan ‘honey trap’

The Independent

2 years, 10 months ago

IAF officer honey-trapped, arrested by Delhi Police Crime Branch on espionage charges; Pakistan's ISI involvement suspected

Firstpost

IAF officer Devendra Sharma, posted in Delhi at record office, was honey-trapped over social media and attempts were made to extract crucial and sensitive information from him Delhi Police Crime Branch has arrested an Indian Air Force officer on espionage charges. As per reports, the IAF officer was honey trapped over social media and attempts were made to extract crucial …

2 years, 10 months ago

IAF officer ‘honey-trapped’ by Pakistan’s ISI arrested by Delhi Police on charges of espionage

India TV News

Highlights IAF sergeant arrested for leaking sensitive information to Pak-based agent, says Delhi Police It was found that Sharma was allegedly "honey-trapped" by a Pakistan-based woman During investigation, incriminating evidence such as electronic gadgets and documents were seized An IAF sergeant at the record office here was arrested for allegedly leaking classified and sensitive information about defence installations and personnel …

3 years ago

Several Pakistani Twitter accounts pretending to be Chinese social media influencers: Report

Op India

China and Pakistan are close allies, is a fact well known. A large number of seemingly Chinese influencer accounts on social media platforms, most notably on Twitter, are operated by Pakistanis, with a majority of their followers being fake or bot accounts. The Logically investigation found that the account interacts largely with Pakistani government officials or accounts that are known …

3 years, 2 months ago

Delhi Police identify 26 Pakistan based Twitter handles spreading misinformation

India TV News

Highlights The Twitter handles were engaged in spreading a fake video and misleading people A fake or morphed video was shared on Twitter by some handles Cyber Crime Unit and Delhi Police Special Cell is currently investigating the matter Delhi Police have identified 46-Pakistan-based Twitter handles which were engaged in spreading a fake video in which culprits tried to show …

3 years, 6 months ago

Bengaluru: Man Posing As Army Officer Arrested, Had 'Shared Sensitive Details With Pakistan's ISI'

ABP News

Chennai: A man, who was posing as an Army officer, has been arrested by the Central Crime Branch in Bengaluru on Monday for allegedly leaking sensitive information to Pakistan's spy agency ISI. Till recently, the man arrested had disguised himself as an Army officer and had taken images of important installations and defence establishments of the Indian Army. READ | …

3 years, 10 months ago

Fake FB account of Jharkhand DGP created, case lodged

Hindustan Times

A fake Facebook account of Jharkhand director general of police Neeraj Sinha was detected on Tuesday, police said, adding that a case was lodged at Ranchi’s Dhurwa police station in this regard and investigation has been initiated to track down the cyber frauds behind the move. HT Image According to police, the cyber frauds created the account by using the …

4 years ago

Rajasthan: Honey-trapped Army jawan arrested on charges of spying, leaking confidential info to Pakistan

India Today

The Intelligence wing of the Rajasthan Police has arrested 22-year-old Army personnel on charges of spying and leaking confidential information to Pakistani agents. Akash Mehria, who hails from Sikar, was allegedly honey-trapped and was supplying information to woman Pakistani agents. The police's Intelligence Wing claimed that Mehria was involved in supplying strategic information to Pakistani agents who got in touch …

4 years, 2 months ago

Greed for nudes made me betray my country to ISI, says honeytrapped Rajasthan man

India Today

Rajasthan man, honeytrapped by Pakistan’s intelligence agency ISI, has told investigators that he shared critical information after being lured with photos of naked women and seductive conversations. Accused Satyanarayan Paliwal said he got greedy and started sending more sensitive information about the Indian Army to ISI for more such photos and long conversations. He has confessed to being in touch …

4 years, 4 months ago

Honey-trapped on Facebook, Rajasthan-based civil defence employee accused of spying for Pakistan

India Today

The Rajasthan Police on Saturday arrested Ramniwas Gaura, a civil defence employee at a Military Engineering Services unit in Niwaru, Rajasthan for working as an espionage agent of a Pakistani intelligence agency. What happened According to sources, in the month of September 2020, MI Jaipur learnt about an espionage agent in Niwaru who was passing military information to his handlers …

4 years, 5 months ago

Delhi: Man fakes social media account to defame woman, held

India Today

A 24-year-old man faked a social media account of a person to defame a Delhi-based woman, police have said. Deshbandhu Singh, who hails from Kannauj, Uttar Pradesh, made many fake Facebook profiles of the woman he liked and used them to post obscene content. After tracing his Facebook receipt, the cops found that the number was being used by a …

4 years, 7 months ago

Op Gorakhdhanda: Pakistan ISI honey traps Indian, coerces him to send 'sensitive' info on Gorakhpur

India Today

A 51-year-old Gorakhpur-based Indian national was rescued by the Lucknow-based Military Intelligence unit and the Uttar Pradesh ATS from a ISI racket. The MI unit shared all the findings with Uttar Pradesh ATS in the first week of July and a joint team was formed to take the case to its logical conclusion. After sufficiently developing the case as per …

4 years, 10 months ago

One man, 8 profiles and an elaborate hoax

Hindustan Times

Sameer Chaturvedi woke up on April 1 to a raft of WhatsApp messages. In the first few years, Jindal gained some traction but never made it beyond a small group of friends and people – a common phenomenon on a website that pulled down three billion fake accounts last year – according to data put out by Facebook in 2019 …

5 years, 1 month ago

ISI used same set of social media IDs to trap sailors, finds NIA investigation

Hindustan Times

The National Investigation Agency ’s initial probe into the naval spy ring busted in December has found that Pakistan’s spy agency, the Inter-Services Intelligence, used the same set of social media accounts to honey trap sailors and paid them very small amounts of money, officials familiar with the matter said. National Investigation Agency ’s initial probe into the naval spy …

5 years, 4 months ago

Army warns officials against 150 fake social media profiles who target personnel for sensitive information

India Today

The Army has cautioned its officials against 150 fake social media profiles that are being used by adversaries for honey trapping in order to extract sensitive information, sources said on Thursday. They said that an advisory was sent to Army personnel last month to make them aware of the "trap". An official said people using fake social media profiles have …

5 years, 6 months ago

NSA team busts Pakistanâ€™s propaganda war

Deccan Chronicle

New Delhi: Hundreds of fake Twitter handles and Facebook pages have been created from Pakistan since August 5 when the Indian government announced abrogation of Article 370, scrapping the special status to Jammu and Kashmir. The Pakistani troll army has taken over the social media, peddling fake videos and content to influence the international audience, human right groups and general …

5 years, 8 months ago

Honey trapped army jawan arrested for leaking information via Facebook

Op India

On Thursday, a ‘Honey-trapped’ Army jawan was arrested in for allegedly leaking classified information on Facebook. Haryana:Army jawan Ravinder arrested in Narnaul on charges of leaking confidential info on national security.ASP Vinod Kumar says,“While chatting with a girl on Facebook,he shared pics of weapons used by Army.She gave him some money. He’s taken into 2-day remand” pic.twitter.com/nbeU0S1lFW — ANI July …

6 years ago

Went to Pakistan 17 times in 18 years: Arrested ISI spy Mohammad Parvez reveals to police

Op India

The Rajasthan police have arrested Mohammad Parvez, a 42-year-old man from Delhi on Monday for allegedly spying for Pakistan’s spy agency Inter-Services Intelligence or ISI, officials said. The officer revealed that Mohammed Parvez allegedly honey-trapped Indian Army soldiers through fake identity to collect confidential and strategic information and passed those to the ISI, in exchange for financial support. Parvez allegedly …

6 years, 2 months ago

Army jawan 'honeytrapped' by suspected Pakistan ISI operative, arrested in Rajasthan on espionage charges

Firstpost

The jawan, identified as Sombeer Singh, was allegedly “honeytrapped” woman posing as Anika Chopra on Facebook, who claimed to be a captain in the Indian Army medical corps. The Rajasthan Police on Friday arrested a 22-year-old Indian Army jawan in Jaisalmer on espionage charges. Intelligence agencies found that the soldier — identified as Sombeer Singh — had been in touch …

6 years, 2 months ago

Army jawan arrested on charges of espionage, was honey-trapped to share sensitive info and pictures with Pak

Op India

As per reports, four months back, Rajasthan Police had arrested one Army jawan on charges of espionage in Jaiselmer. Sepoy Somveer Singh got in touch with one ‘Anika Chopra’ over Facebook and was chatting regularly with her and exchanging details and information about the armoured unit including its movement. ‘Anika Chopra’ asked him questions like ‘where are you posted?’ and …

6 years, 5 months ago

BrahMos espionage case: Accused aerospace engineer Nishant Agrawal remanded to 7-day police custody

India TV News

Aerospace engineer Nishant Agrawal, the accused in Brahmos espionage case, was sent to seven-day police remand on Thursday. Nishant has been accused of sending sensitive information to the ISI and his custody remand period began on Thursday at 9 pm The court of Special Chief Judicial Magistrate Himanshu Dayal Srivastava granted seven-day police custody of Nishant after considering an application …

6 years, 5 months ago

Pakistani handlers used Facebook accounts ‘Neha’ and ‘Pooja’ to trap arrested Brahmos engineer for spying

Op India

Nishant Agarwal, the senior systems engineer at Brahmos Aerospace who was arrested on Monday on espionage charges by ATS officials was found to be interacting frequently with two facebook accounts named Neha Sharma and Pooja Ranjan. The Uttar Pradesh ATS reportedly informed the court of junior magistrate SM Joshi in Nagpur yesterday while seeking transit remand for Agarwal that Agarwal …

6 years, 5 months ago

BrahMos Aerospace engineer held for leaking info to Pakistan

The Hindu

An engineer working at the BrahMos Aerospace Private Limited centre in Nagpur was on Monday arrested on charges of illegally possessing highly sensitive and secret documents, the Uttar Pradesh police said. The officer said they were still probing if Mr. Agarwal had transmitted the documents to Pakistan and whether he received any money for it. Mr. Agarwal was allegedly in …

6 years, 6 months ago

BSF jawan held by UP ATS on charges of sharing information with ISI

Deccan Chronicle

Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terrorist Squad has arrested a BSF jawan from Noida on the charge of sharing vital information with Pakistan ISI agents, state police chief O P Singh said here on Wednesday. Achutanand Misra, hailing from Rewa in Madhya Pradesh, was "honey-trapped" into sharing information about unit operational details, police academy and training centre by a woman who …

6 years, 7 months ago

Mohammad Zeeshan arrested for creating fake profile of Acharya Balkrishna, sending vulgar messages

Op India

Noida Police has arrested one Mohammad Zeeshan for creating a fake Facebook profile of Acharya Balkrishna, M.D. Manish Kumar Saxena, station house officer, stated, “Pramod Joshi, who runs a firm in Sector 5, brought the crime to our notice. He said the accused gave him a WhatsApp number, saying that the number belongs to Acharya Balkrishna, while chatting on Facebook.” …

6 years, 10 months ago

The ISI spy network that works against India is being dismantled brick by brick with frequent arrests

Op India

In a joint operation with local police and the Jammu and Kashmir military intelligence unit, the Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terrorism Squad on Thursday arrested a suspected ISI agent from Pithoragarh. “The accused Ramesh worked as a cook at the house of Indian diplomat in Pakistan and bugged his house with help of ISI to get information,” an official said. Not long …

7 years, 1 month ago

'Honey-trapped' IAF officer arrested for passing on secret information to Pak's ISI

India TV News

Delhi Police on Friday said it has arrested Indian Air Force Group Captain Arun Marwaha on charges of espionage for passing secret information to Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence agency. "He was arrested on Wednesday after a case was registered against him under the Official Secrets Act," Delhi Police Special Cell's Special Commissioner M.M. According to a Special Cell officer, privy to …

7 years, 2 months ago

Twitter account of Indian ambassador to UN Syed Akbaruddin hacked, restored later

India TV News

The Twitter account of India’s permanent representative to the UN Syed Akbaruddin was briefly hacked on Sunday, following which two photographs of Pakistan’s flag and their President Mamnoon Hussain were posted from it. The pictures were posted during the wee hours of Sunday, and also the “blue tick” that marks a verified account also disappeared at the time. However, the …

7 years, 11 months ago

Mumbai man held for creating girl’s fake profile and trying to hack her friend’s FB account

Hindustan Times

The Tardeo police have arrested a vengedul 29-year-old graphic designer who allegedly created a fake social media profile of a girl who rejceted his proposal. Dhuri contacted the girl’s family and reltives through the fake profile and abused them, said the police. DIAL FOR HELP Cyber crime complaints can be reported to the Mumbai police’s cyber wing 24x7 helpline: 9820810007/022-26504008 …

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