It also ordered the constitution of a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to investigate a major cyber espionage case involving theft of sensitive drone technology
The government has authorised Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C) to share and receive information from the Enforcement Directorate under the anti-money laundering law, a move aimed at detecting money trail and combating cyber frauds. Established under the home ministry, I4C is envisaged to act as the nodal point to curb cybercrime in the country. I4C focusses on improving coordination between various law enforcement agencies and the stakeholders, driving change in India's overall capability to tackle cybercrime. In a notification dated April 25, the Revenue Department under the Finance Ministry included I4C under Section 66 of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA). This would help I4C to share and receive information from the Enforcement Directorate (ED) and other law enforcement agencies. Amid growing instances of cyber frauds targeting common man, this information sharing would help identify the masterminds behind such frauds which are mostly trans-national. Suc
ED conducted searches at online travel portal's premises
The city police has managed to seize around Rs 1.49 crore within 24 hours in 110 complaints of cyber fraud reported through the helpline '1930', an official said on Saturday. On Friday, the cyber helpline received 110 complaints of various cases of cheating including investment scam, share trading scam and online shopping scam in Mumbai, said a crime branch official. In each case, the crime branch acted swiftly and contacted the concerned bank to stop onward transfer of the money, thus seizing a total of around Rs 1.49 crore. People should contact the 1930 helpline immediately if they fall prey to a cyber fraud, the official added.
HAL's Kanpur branch received an email from cybercriminals posing as the genuine US-based dealer
Officials said that both accused are part of an international fraud gang and were directly involved in planning and carrying out the crime
Over 2,800 Chinese telecom fraud suspects who were part of gangs luring locals and foreigners to work in telecom scam centres along the Myanmar-Thailand border have been repatriated to China for trials. A total of 2,876 Chinese telecom fraud suspects have been repatriated from Myawaddy in Myanmar to China following a joint crackdown launched by China, Myanmar and Thailand, the Chinese Ministry of Public Security said on Friday. The mass repatriation marks a significant achievement in the joint operation between China, Myanmar and Thailand launched on February 20, and is a powerful deterrent to foreign criminal gangs, the ministry said. Last month, a Chinese court sentenced four key figures involved in cross-border telecom fraud cases to life imprisonment as part of its stepped-up crackdown against the gangs luring locals and foreigners to work in scam centres along the Myanmar-Thailand border. Earlier in February, hundreds of people from 20 nationalities, including Indians, who wer
The 'Pratibimb' module, launched by the Union Home Ministry's Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C), which tracks the locations of criminals, has led to the arrest of 6,046 accused, 17,185 linkages, and 36,296 cyber investigation assistance requests, the Lok Sabha was informed on Tuesday. In response to a question, Minister of State for Home Affairs Bandi Sanjay Kumar said a coordination platform for Law Enforcement Agencies (LEAs), called 'Samanvaya', has been launched for cybercrime data sharing and analytics. It provides analytics based on interstate linkages of crimes and criminals involved in cybercrime complaints across various States/UTs, he said. "The module 'Pratibimb' maps the locations of criminals and crime infrastructure on a map to give visibility to jurisdictional officers. The module also facilitates the seeking and receiving of techno-legal assistance by Law Enforcement Agencies from I4C and other SMEs. It has led to the arrest of 6,046 accused, 17,185 ...
Cyber literacy has lagged, leaving people vulnerable to fraud, with scammers impersonating officials or using AI to dupe unsuspecting people online
The Mumbai police have filed a case against unidentified cyber fraudsters for cheating vehicle owners by creating fake links for the registration of High Security Registration Plate (HSRP) for vehicles, officials said on Thursday. The incident came to light after an Assistant Transport Commissioner-rank officer approached the South Region Cyber police station here on Wednesday with a complaint against unidentified cyber fraudsters, an official said. The Maharashtra transport department has earlier mandated the vehicles registered before April 2019 to install HSRPs by April 30 this year. As per the Supreme Court's orders, the HSRPs are mandatory to prevent vehicle-related crimes. Accordingly, the work of replacing the number plates has been started in the state. The Regional Transport Office (RTO) has provided a link on the transport department website to facilitate vehicle owners to register themselves for the HSRPs, the official said. "The RTO has selected three vendors - Rosmert
Indian entities are expected to lose Rs 20,000 crore due to cyber crimes this year, cyber security intelligence firm CloudSEK said in a report. The company claims to have done a detailed analysis of 200 companies across sectors, over 5,000 domain takedowns, data of about 16,000 brand abuse, official data from the Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C) documenting nationwide cybercrime patterns and financial impacts etc for artificial intelligence based projection. "The biggest revelation from our research is the sheer scale of financial losses of over Rs 20,000 crore due to cybercrime, of which Rs 9,000 crore is due to brand name abuse alone. The fact that brand abuse is implicated in nearly one-third of all cybercrime incidents and a staggering 70 per cent of high-value scams is a wake-up call for India," Pavan Karthick M, Threat Intelligence Researcher at CloudSEK said. Cybercrime complaints are expected to exceed 25 lakh, with 5 lakh explicitly mentioning brand ...
'Cyber corporation' in Navi Mumbai will work as the state's headquarters against cybercrime: Devendra Fadnavis
Criminals impersonate law enforcement officials to extort money, by putting a potential victim under digital arrest. To appear legitimate, cybercriminals spoof caller IDs and send fake legal document
New features to enable voting on resolutions, inheritance tracking
Fraudster lured senior citizen to click malicious link after giving the impression that he is calling on behalf of bank
India has one of the largest cohorts of both Gen Z and senior citizens, both of whom are highly vulnerable to online risks such as cyber-bullying, sextortion, and financial fraud
Union Home Minister Amit Shah said that 399 banks and financial intermediaries are now working in coordination with the Indian government
Reportedly, some malicious apps on App Store and Play Store have been using Optical Character Recognition (OCR) technology to extract crypto wallet passwords from saved screenshots
The apex payments body head pressed on the need for economic incentivisation for firms processing UPI