Cyber Criminals

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  Noida Woman Kept Under 'Digital Arrest' For 5 Hours, Duped Of Rs 1.40 Lakh

  Cyber criminals allegedly duped a woman of Rs 1.40 lakh by keeping her under 'digital arrest' for five hours in Noida.

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  Delhi Police Arrests Man From Bihar For Selling SIM Cards To International Cyber Criminals

  Delhi Police claimed to have arrested a man from Bihar for allegedly selling sim cards to international cyber frauds.

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  Noida Woman Gets Fake Probe Agency Notices On WhatsApp, Duped Of Rs 34 Lakh

  A woman was duped of Rs 34 lakh here in a case of "digital arrest" by cyber criminals who threatened her with fake notices by the Enforcement Directorate.

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  India Blocks 17,000 WhatsApp Accounts Of Hackers From South-East Asia

  The Indian Cybercrime Coordination Centre (I4C) and Department of Telecommunication (DoT) have blocked at least 17,000 WhatsApp accounts used by cyber criminals from Southeast Asia, it was announced on Thursday.

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  Cops Save Bhopal Businessman From Fake Digital Arrest In Madhya Pradesh

  The Madhya Pradesh police on Sunday saved a businessman from being looted by cyber criminals who had put him under "digital arrest" in Bhopal, an official said.

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  Placed Under 'Digital Arrest', Techie Escapes With Police's Help

  A 44-year-old IT employee, who was placed under "digital arrest" in Hyderabad by cyber criminals in a fake money laundering case for nearly 30 hours, managed to escape from the crooks with the help of police, without losing any amount.

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  Cyber Criminals Make Fake WhatsApp Accounts Of Goa Minister, Another MLA

  Goa's Transport Minister Mauvin Godinho and BJP MLA Nilesh Cabral have been targeted by cyber fraudsters who have allegedly created their fake profiles on WhatsApp and have been asking for money from people.

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  Company Hacked After Accidentally Hiring North Korean Cyber Criminal For Remote Job

  A company recently found itself in a difficult situation after it accidentally hired a North Korean IT worker, who later stole sensitive data and attempted to extort the company after being fired.

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  Cyber Crooks Baffle Police With Audacious Tricks Like Digital Arrest

  Cybercriminals are baffling even law enforcement agencies with their audacious tricks.

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  Australian Man Held For Distributing App That Was 'Whatsapp For Criminals'

  An Australian man has been charged with distributing the encrypted messaging app known as "Ghost", allegedly used by criminals across the globe to arrange drug deals and violence, police said Wednesday.

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  YouTube Restores Access After Crypto Scammers Hijack Ranveer Allahbadia's Channel to Trick Viewers

  This week, cyber criminals breached content creator Ranveer Allahbadia’s handles on YouTube, replaced related logos and images with those of Elon Musk and Tesla, as well as deleted all of the videos that were published on the pages. The channels started promoting a crypto fraud scheme, for hours before YouTube restored access to Allahbadia.

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  IIT Professor 'Digitally Arrested' For 12 Days By Scammers, Loses Rs 12 Lakh

  Cyber criminals have duped an IIT Jodhpur professor of nearly Rs 12 lakh after being held under 'digit arrest' for 12 days.

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  5 People From Jharkhand's Jamtara Convicted For Money Laundering

  A special PMLA court in Ranchi on Saturday convicted five Jamtara residents under the anti-money laundering law for running an "organised" cyber crime syndicate, official sources said.

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  SBI Officer Arrested For Facilitating Accounts For Cyber Criminals

  According to the police, a man filed a complaint at the Cyber Crime Police Station East on February 15, 2024, that he was duped of Rs 52.14 lakh in the name of investing in the stock market.

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  60 Indian Nationals Arrested In Sri Lanka For Cyber Crime Operations

  At least 60 Indian nationals part of a group engaged in online financial scams have been arrested by Sri Lanka's Criminal Investigations Department.