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NLU Odisha: Regional Consultation On Law Review of Cyber Crimes Affecting Women In Collaboration With National Commission For Women
1 month, 1 week ago

NLU Odisha: Regional Consultation On Law Review of Cyber Crimes Affecting Women In Collaboration With National Commission For Women

Live Law  

The Centre for Women and Law, National Law University Odisha in collaboration with the National Commission for Women hosted the "Regional Consultation on Law Review of Cyber Crimes Affecting Women" on campus. The consultation brought together legal scholars, law enforcement officials, and judicial experts to address critical gaps in current cyber laws affecting women and discuss potential amendments for better …

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ASTraM and drones are big part of policing in NTR district
1 month, 2 weeks ago

ASTraM and drones are big part of policing in NTR district

New Indian Express  

With the fast-changing world, introducing technology-driven solutions in policing is crucial, says NTR District Commissioner of Police SV Rajasekhar Babu in an exclusive interview with TNIE’s Phanindra Papasani. Emphasising the need for utilising the available technology in the field of policing to serve people better, he elaborates on various initiatives launched to control cyber crime and for traffic management. Vijayawada …

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Cyber Criminals Put Retired Banker Under 'Digital Arrest' in Uttar Pradesh, Convincing Him to Transfer Rs 1 Crore
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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Cyber Criminals Put Retired Banker Under 'Digital Arrest' in Uttar Pradesh, Convincing Him to Transfer Rs 1 Crore

Deccan Chronicle  

Cybercriminals in Uttar Pradesh are using the tactic of digital arrest to target elderly citizens, tricking them into transferring large sums of money. The police have received numerous reports of this nature, with more than 38.85 lakh calls registered by the National Cyber Crime Reporting Portal between January 2022 and August 2024. The criminals operate from multiple fronts, including bogus …

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How to file a cyber crime complaint online
3 months, 3 weeks ago

How to file a cyber crime complaint online

The Hindu  

Cyber crimes can intrude into one’s life in countless different ways. For example: after a hack on July 18 that led to the theft of assets worth over $230 million, Indian crypto exchange WazirX’s CEO Nischal Shetty said that the company had filed an online complaint with the National Cyber Crime Reporting Portal. On the National Cyber Crime Reporting Portal, …

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₹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 …

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21 lakh SIM cards in use have fake proof: DoT
9 months ago

21 lakh SIM cards in use have fake proof: DoT

The Hindu  

March 19, 2024 08:42 pm | Updated March 20, 2024 10:50 am IST - CHENNAI At least 21 lakh SIM cards have been activated using fake proof of identity or proof of address documents, according to analysis carried out by the Department of Telecommunications. A fresh pan-India analysis of 114 crore mobile phone connections by the DoT’s Artificial Intelligence & …

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Bengaluru police to have eight additional DCPs to handle cyber crimes and narcotics
11 months, 1 week ago

Bengaluru police to have eight additional DCPs to handle cyber crimes and narcotics

The Hindu  

Eight additional Deputy Commissioners of Police positions will be created for Bengaluru to enhance the capability of the city police in handling cybercrime and tackling narcotics effectively, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah announced on Tuesday, January 16. Addressing the media after the senior police officers’ annual conference meet, Mr. Siddaramaiah also said that an additional eight senior positions of the rank of …

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Cyber crime cases: Online impersonation complaints toughest to investigate | Data
1 year ago

Cyber crime cases: Online impersonation complaints toughest to investigate | Data

The Hindu  

The recently released annual report of the National Crime Records Bureau shows that the number of reported cyber crime cases in India shot up significantly in 2022. Chart 1 | The chart shows the number of new cyber crime cases reported from 2016 to 2022. Chart 2 | The chart shows the number of cyber crime cases reported and the …

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NCRB data: Crime against women rose by 28.34% in 2022; Pune records rise in cybercrime cases
1 year ago

NCRB data: Crime against women rose by 28.34% in 2022; Pune records rise in cybercrime cases

Hindustan Times  

The crimes against women, Scheduled Castes, economic offences and cyber crimes rose by 28.34 %, 90.62 %, 45.10 % and 58.67 % respectively. However, crimes against children were reduced by 12.33 % in Pune city in 2022, according to the latest National Crime Records Bureau annual report. As far as cyber crimes are concerned, it has increased by 58.67 % …

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NCRB data reveals Bengaluru registered nearly 75% of all cyber crime cases among metro cities in 2022
1 year ago

NCRB data reveals Bengaluru registered nearly 75% of all cyber crime cases among metro cities in 2022

The Hindu  

Bengaluru has again topped the list in cyber crimes registered across all metro cities in India in 2022. The city reported 9,940 cyber crime cases of the 13,534 cases reported in 19 metro cities during 2022, or 73.4% of the cases registered, the data shows A senior official said Bengaluru tops the list in cyber crimes because of the high …

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Crimes against women, children, SC/ST, and cyber crimes, increased in 2022: Crime in India report
1 year ago

Crimes against women, children, SC/ST, and cyber crimes, increased in 2022: Crime in India report

The Hindu  

Crimes against women, Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, children, cyber crimes, and offences against the state saw an increase in 2022 as compared with 2021, according to the annual ‘Crime in India Report 2022’ published by the National Crime Records Bureau on Sunday. According to the Crime in India report, a total of 4,45,256 cases of ‘crimes against women’ were registered …

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Scamsters prey on victims’ fear of getting on wrong side of law
1 year, 4 months ago

Scamsters prey on victims’ fear of getting on wrong side of law

The Hindu  

The Cyber Crimes department of Hyderabad city police have witnessed an increase in complaints of the package delivery scam. The ‘official’ would then inform them of how the parcel with their name contains contraband material and other incriminating documents, causing a panic which is used well by the scammers who start an elaborate chain of phone calls to the victim. …

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Digital deceit: Scammers give ‘simple tasks’ in the guise of online job to defraud people
1 year, 4 months ago

Digital deceit: Scammers give ‘simple tasks’ in the guise of online job to defraud people

The Hindu  

August 03, 2023 02:47 pm | Updated 02:47 pm IST - HYDERABAD On the May 6 afternoon, Neha, an IT professional from Hyderabad, received a message on her WhatsApp from a person claiming to be a marketing executive offering an online job offer by listing out tasks for her to do. “However, we have received complaints of people losing ₹80 …

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Cyber crimes in the age of Artificial Intelligence | OPINION
1 year, 7 months ago

Cyber crimes in the age of Artificial Intelligence | OPINION

India Today  

The number of reported cyber crimes in India reached around a couple millions last year. It can help readers understand the tactics and the modus operandi of the criminals, in addition to the psychology of their victims, in cases of cyber crimes. The Uttarakhand Police helped other states like Gujarat, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Delhi and Telangana to expose scams worth Rs …

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Plea In Kerala High Court Challenges "Unilateral" Freezing Of Bank Accounts Over Complaint On National Cyber Crime Reporting Portal
1 year, 8 months ago

Plea In Kerala High Court Challenges "Unilateral" Freezing Of Bank Accounts Over Complaint On National Cyber Crime Reporting Portal

Live Law  

A plea has been moved in the Kerala High Court challenging the "unilateral" freezing of bank accounts on the ground of complaints being registered on National Cyber Crime Reporting Portal, a portal maintained by the Central Government to register cyber crimes. Similarly, as regards the 2nd petitioner, it is submitted that the senior Manager and Branch Head of Federal Bank, …

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IPS officers reshuffled, ahead of elections in Telangana
1 year, 10 months ago

IPS officers reshuffled, ahead of elections in Telangana

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: In a major reshuffle months ahead of the Assembly elections, the state government on Wednesday transferred and given postings to 91 IPS officers in the state. Shabarish P., Assistant Superintendent of Police, Manuguru, Bhadradri Kothagudem was transferred and posted as Deputy Commissioner of Police, Crimes, Hyderabad City. Khare Kiran Prabhakar, Assistant Superintendent of Police, Greyhounds was transferred and posted …

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CBI leads crackdown on cyber enabled financial crimes, 105 places searched throughout the country
2 years, 2 months ago

CBI leads crackdown on cyber enabled financial crimes, 105 places searched throughout the country

The Hindu  

In a CBI-led operation, codenamed “Chakra”, against cyber enabled financial crimes, 105 places were searched throughout the country on Tuesday. CBI teams searched 87 locations, one person held in Punjab, while about ₹1.50 crore and 1.50 kg of gold seized from one person in Rajasthan. As part of a global crackdown code-named Operation Garuda against drug smuggling, searches were conducted …

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Think before clicking on the link
2 years, 2 months ago

Think before clicking on the link

Hindustan Times  

Trained tech teams are the way to go Chandiagrh tricity area residents discuss ways to tackle growing cyber crime in the region. Well, since the rural area is also in the web spectrum, radio could also be considered as the best medium to provide information regarding web frauds and cyber crimes to every section of the society. Shubham Samria, Chandigarh …

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Kerala govt to launch mobile app to prevent cyber crimes against children
2 years, 4 months ago

Kerala govt to launch mobile app to prevent cyber crimes against children

Deccan Chronicle  

Thiruvananthapuram: The Kerala government is taking various steps, like coming out with a mobile app, to prevent cyber crimes against children in the state, Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said on Tuesday. Vijayan was responding to queries in the legislative assembly regarding the increasing instances of cyber crimes against children and steps taken by his government and its agencies to …

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Caught Off Guard: No Cyber Cells in Punjab, Rajasthan, Goa, Assam And 1 Or 2 in UP, Andhra, Says Parl Panel
2 years, 10 months ago

Caught Off Guard: No Cyber Cells in Punjab, Rajasthan, Goa, Assam And 1 Or 2 in UP, Andhra, Says Parl Panel

News 18  

While cybercrime is growing at a rate of 100% every three years and India is facing virtual threats from various neighbouring countries, there are states that don’t have a single specialised law enforcement unit to investigate such cases dedicatedly, according to information shared by the government. It observes that each day, cyber-criminals are using newer methods and new modus-operandi to …

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11 per cent jump in cyber crime in 2020, NCRB data in Home Panel report
2 years, 10 months ago

11 per cent jump in cyber crime in 2020, NCRB data in Home Panel report

India TV News  

Highlights As per NCRB data, India reported an 11% jump in cyber crime in the year 2020 The data for 2020 has been obtained from the report "Crime in India, 2020 of the NCRB A total of 50,035 cases in 2020 were registered under cyber crimes As per the National Crime Record Bureau data, India reported an 11 per cent …

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'Cybersecurity In India Hasn't Received The Attention It Deserves': Plea In Supreme Court Seeks Guidelines To Combat Hacking, Cyber Crimes, Data Theft
3 years, 1 month ago

'Cybersecurity In India Hasn't Received The Attention It Deserves': Plea In Supreme Court Seeks Guidelines To Combat Hacking, Cyber Crimes, Data Theft

Live Law  

The Supreme Court today adjourned the writ petition which sought for formulation of new guidelines to combat hacking, cyber crimes, data theft and allied issues for November 26, 2021.The bench of Justices AM Khanwilkar and CT Ravikumar directed Advocate Vivek Narayan Sharma appearing for the petitioner to serve an advance copy of the petition to Centre's Standing Counsel. The petition …

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Cybercrime went up by 500% during pandemic: Chief of Defence Staff
3 years, 1 month ago

Cybercrime went up by 500% during pandemic: Chief of Defence Staff

The Hindu  

Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat has stressed the need for a national framework to thwart cyber attacks that have been on the rise in the country. Highlighting the possibility of government officials who deal with sensitive information becoming prime targets for cyber attacks, General Rawat lamented the fragmented approach that prevailed in handling the threat. With cyber criminals …

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Cyber Crimes in India Spiked Nearly Nine Times Since 2013, UP Topped Chart in 2020: Data
3 years, 3 months ago

Cyber Crimes in India Spiked Nearly Nine Times Since 2013, UP Topped Chart in 2020: Data

News 18  

The incidents of cyber crimes in India have been increasing at a rapid pace and jumped by nearly nine times between 2013 and 2020, official data showed. As per the latest ‘Crime in India’ report, cyber crimes in India increased to 50,035 during 2020 from 5,693 cases reported in 2013. While most of the states have reported a jump in …

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