India blocks over 59,000 WhatsApp accounts linked to online fraud in 2024
1 week, 6 days ago

India blocks over 59,000 WhatsApp accounts linked to online fraud in 2024

India Today  

The Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre, a part of the Ministry of Home Affairs, has taken significant steps to combat digital fraud and protect citizens from cybercrimes. Union Minister of State for Home Affairs, Bandi Sanjay Kumar, also emphasised the importance of the 'Citizen Financial Cyber Fraud Reporting and Management System,' launched in 2021 under the I4C. This centre is a collaborative hub where representatives from major banks, financial institutions, payment aggregators, Telecom Service Providers, IT intermediaries, and law enforcement agencies from both the central government and state governments work together. With these initiatives, the Indian government is taking a comprehensive approach to fight digital fraud and cybercrime, providing citizens with the tools and support needed to stay safe online.

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WhatsApp Scams: Government asks Meta to tackle cases of cyber frauds after TRAI's appeal
2 weeks, 2 days ago

WhatsApp Scams: Government asks Meta to tackle cases of cyber frauds after TRAI's appeal

Live Mint  

Indian government has asked Meta to tackle the growing scams on WhatsApp. Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology secretary S Krishnan confirmed that the government had taken up the matter of growing scams with WhatsApp while noting that its an ongoing process. Telecom Regulatory Authority of India Anil Kumar Lahoti also confirmed to Economic Times that WhatsApp calls are handled …

Code shared, account snared: The six-digit WhatsApp scam that has caught even celebs in its web
2 weeks, 3 days ago

Code shared, account snared: The six-digit WhatsApp scam that has caught even celebs in its web

New Indian Express  

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DoT takes action against fraudulent mobile connections in South East Asia
1 month ago

DoT takes action against fraudulent mobile connections in South East Asia

India TV News  

In a significant move to tackle cybercrime and fraudulent activities, the Department of Telecommunications has launched a comprehensive crackdown on spoofed international calls and other digital scams linked to South East Asian countries, including Myanmar, Laos, Cambodia, and Vietnam. According to the information released, under the initiative, DoT has identified around 4.8 lakh fraudulent mobile connections operating in the region …

Over 17,000 WhatsApp accounts blocked in crackdown on digital arrest fraud
1 month ago

Over 17,000 WhatsApp accounts blocked in crackdown on digital arrest fraud

India Today  

In a crackdown on digital arrest frauds, the Ministry of Home Affairs has blocked over 17,000 WhatsApp accounts. 'Digital arrest' involves fraudsters impersonating law enforcement officials to deceive gullible people and pressuring them to transfer large sums of money. Sources in the Home Ministry's cyber wing said scammers were siphoning off around Rs 6 crore every day through digital arrest …

BSNL, Jio, Airtel, Vi users attention! TRAI warns of new scams targeting mobile users
1 month, 1 week ago

BSNL, Jio, Airtel, Vi users attention! TRAI warns of new scams targeting mobile users

India TV News  

Cybercrimes are becoming a significant issue in India, with scammers tricking people out of large sums of money. Rising Digital Arrest in India India reported a financial loss of approximately Rs 120.3 crore due to a ‘digital arrest’ scam from January to April 2024, according to government data. Rajesh Kumar, CEO of the Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre, noted that …

Centre to train 5,000 cybercommandos in next five years: Shah
3 months, 1 week ago

Centre to train 5,000 cybercommandos in next five years: Shah

The Hindu  

Union Home Minister Amit Shah said on Tuesday that cyber security was linked to national security and in the next five years around 5,000 cybercommandos will be trained and deployed across the States to counter such threats. Rajesh Kumar, CEO, I4C, said the cyber crime helpline portal receives 67,000 calls every day and the security agencies identify around 1,500-2,000 mule …

₹2,400 crore saved in over 7.6 lakh cyber crime complaints: Bandi Sanjay Kumar
4 months, 3 weeks ago

₹2,400 crore saved in over 7.6 lakh cyber crime complaints: Bandi Sanjay Kumar

The Hindu  

The Union Minister of State for Home, Bandi Sanjay Kumar, on Wednesday, informed the Rajya Sabha that an amount of ₹2,400 crore has been saved in more than 7.6 lakh complaints under the ‘Citizen Financial Cyber Fraud Reporting and Management System’, launched by the ministry for immediate reporting of online financial frauds and to stop siphoning off funds by the …

WhatsApp Bans 66 Lakh Indian Accounts In May This Year: All Details
5 months, 3 weeks ago

WhatsApp Bans 66 Lakh Indian Accounts In May This Year: All Details

News 18  

Meta-owned WhatsApp on Monday said it banned more than 66 lakh accounts in India in the month of May for violating the laws of the land. Out of 6,620,000 banned WhatsApp accounts, 1,255,000 were proactively blocked, before any reports from users, the social media company said in a statement. The popular mobile messaging platform, which has more than 550 million …

Home ministry warns public of cyber criminals posing as government officers
7 months, 1 week ago

Home ministry warns public of cyber criminals posing as government officers

Hindustan Times  

The Ministry of Home Affairs on Tuesday issued a warning about cyber criminals who are engaged in 'blackmail' and 'digital arrest' while impersonating as officers from government agencies like NCB, CBI, RBI and other Law Enforcement Agencies as well as state and Union Territory Police. In a statement, the MHA mentioned that a large number of complaints are being reported …

Indian Govt Blocks 20 Mobile Phones For Its Misuse In Cyber Scam
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Indian Govt Blocks 20 Mobile Phones For Its Misuse In Cyber Scam

News 18  

The Department of Telecommunications, which comes under the Ministry of Communications & Information Technology on Tuesday said that it disconnected several mobile numbers and blocked 20 mobile handsets for misuse in cybercrime and financial fraud. In a post on X, the department wrote several mobile numbers are disconnected, and “20 associated mobile handsets have been blocked for misuse in cybercrime/Financial …

WhatsApp threatens to exit India: What are new IT rules on tracing originator
7 months, 3 weeks ago

WhatsApp threatens to exit India: What are new IT rules on tracing originator

Hindustan Times  

WhatsApp, owned by its parent company Meta Inc., has threatened to leave India if it is forced to break encryption of messages and calls on its instant messaging platform. “As a platform, we are saying, if we are told to break encryption, then WhatsApp goes,” the lawyer appearing for WhatsApp told the Delhi high court. It means millions and millions …

Finance ministry meets to discuss rising online financial frauds
10 months, 1 week ago

Finance ministry meets to discuss rising online financial frauds

Hindustan Times  

The Department of Telecommunications has blocked about 140,000 mobile handsets which were used in cybercrimes or financial frauds, or were linked to disconnected mobile connections, the finance ministry said in a statement after meeting officials from 12 stakeholders on the issue of rising online financial frauds on Friday. Using the Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre ’s Pratibimb portal, law enforcement …

China, pockets of Cambodia and Myanmar are epicentre of cybercrime: I4C chief
11 months, 2 weeks ago

China, pockets of Cambodia and Myanmar are epicentre of cybercrime: I4C chief

The Hindu  

Around 50% of cyber-crime complaints received on the national cyber crime helpline every day have their origin in China and pockets of Cambodia and Myanmar, Rajesh Kumar, chief executive officer of Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre, Ministry of Home Affairs said on Wednesday. The CEO said that so far 2,95,461 SIM cards, 2,810 websites, 595 mobile applications and 46,229 IMEI …

G20 Website Saw 16 Lakh Attacks Within 60 Seconds of Its Launch: MHA's I4C CEO
11 months, 2 weeks ago

G20 Website Saw 16 Lakh Attacks Within 60 Seconds of Its Launch: MHA's I4C CEO

News 18  

India faced a massive cybersecurity challenge during the G20 Summit, with 16 lakh attacks within the first 60 seconds of its website launch, Rajesh Kumar, CEO of I4C under the Ministry of Home Affairs, revealed on Wednesday. EAST, SOUTH HUB OF CYBER FRAUDSTERS The data shared by Kumar at the first annual press conference of I4C showed that the eastern …

WhatsApp blocks 7.1 million accounts for violating policies in India
11 months, 3 weeks ago

WhatsApp blocks 7.1 million accounts for violating policies in India

India TV News  

WhatsApp, a Meta-owned instant messaging platform reportedly banned over 71 lakh bad accounts in India in November 2023. One of the widely used instant messaging platforms has over 500 million users in India and has received another record of 8,841 complaints. The company said, "This user-safety report contains details of the user complaints received and the corresponding action taken by …

Centre blocks over 100 websites involved in job frauds
1 year ago

Centre blocks over 100 websites involved in job frauds

The Hindu  

The Ministry of Home Affairs said on December 6 that over 100 websites, which facilitated ‘organised illegal investments’ and task-based part time job frauds have been blocked by the government. The Indian Cybercrime Coordination Centre, a wing of the Union Home Ministry, through its vertical National Cybercrime Threat Analytics Unit last week identified and recommended that over 100 websites involved …

Cyber Reporting System Saved Rs 570 Crore from Fraudsters: Home Ministry in Parliament
1 year, 4 months ago

Cyber Reporting System Saved Rs 570 Crore from Fraudsters: Home Ministry in Parliament

News 18  

Financial fraud transactions amounting to more than Rs 570 crore have been prevented using the cyber fraud reporting system, the Ministry of Home Affairs said in a reply in Parliament. “The Citizen Financial Cyber Fraud Reporting and Management System, under I4C, has been launched for immediate reporting of financial frauds and to stop siphoning off of funds by the fraudsters. …

WhatsApp introduces a global security centre to safeguard users
1 year, 6 months ago

WhatsApp introduces a global security centre to safeguard users

India TV News  

WhatsApp, a Meta-owned social media platform launched a new global security centre for users to learn more about how to protect themselves against spammers and unwanted contact, as it faces scrutiny over the menace of international spam calls and messages. About international spam calls Last month, the instant messaging platform responded to the problem of international scam calls in India …

12000 Indian Govt Websites Targeted By Hackers From Indonesia: Report
1 year, 8 months ago

12000 Indian Govt Websites Targeted By Hackers From Indonesia: Report

News 18  

In its latest alert note, the Indian government has been alerted about danger posed to around 12000 government websites that are being targeted by a hacker group from Indonesia. The report says that the I4C has warned that the hacker group was targeting crucial divisions of the government via denial of service and distributed denial of service attacks. The bigger …

WhatsApp bans 23 lakh bad accounts from India and here is the reason
2 years, 2 months ago

WhatsApp bans 23 lakh bad accounts from India and here is the reason

India TV News  

WhatsApp has announced bans of around 23 lakh Indian accounts in August 2022. The instant messaging platform, which has around 500 million users in India received around 598 complaint reports in August in India, and the records "actioned" were 27. Under the upgraded IT Rules 2021, major digital and social media platforms, with an excess of five million users, have …

WhatsApp Banned Over 3 Million Accounts in June-July 2021: Transparency Report
3 years, 3 months ago

WhatsApp Banned Over 3 Million Accounts in June-July 2021: Transparency Report

News 18  

WhatsApp banned over 3 million accounts in India in the period between June 16 and July 31, the company claimed in its second and latest Transparency Report, filed Tuesday, August 31. The report also claimed that WhatsApp received 594 grievance reports from users during the above mentioned 46-day period, most of which were related to users attempting to have their …

Online Payment Systems Beyond RBI: A Threat To National Financial Security
3 years, 10 months ago

Online Payment Systems Beyond RBI: A Threat To National Financial Security

Live Law  

"Data is the new oil". Given this backdrop, and the recent developments concerning companies whose activities of using customer data without consent, casts an imminent danger to the privacy, security and even safety of the user in the digital age. The new Privacy Policy and Terms of Use of WhatsApp have mentioned that it shares the customer data with Facebook …

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