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Mumbai Woman, 77, Kept Under Digital Arrest For A Month, Defrauded Of Rs 3.8 Crore
A 77-year-old woman from Mumbai was kept under "digital arrest" for a month by cyber fraudsters who posed as law enforcement officials and made her transfer Rs 3.8 crore, claiming her Aadhaar card was used in a money laundering case.
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Probe Agency ED Arrests Delhi Man In Cyber Fraud Case With US Woman
The Enforcement Directorate has arrested a Delhi-based man under the anti-money laundering law in a case linked to an alleged cyber fraud with a woman from the US, official sources said Tuesday.
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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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ED Files Charges Against Chinese-Origin Directors, Others in Crypto Mining App Case
A charge-sheet has been filed under the anti-money laundering law against 299 entities, including 10 persons of Chinese origin, in an investigation linked to alleged duping of investors in the name of mining cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoins, the Enforcement Directorate said on Wednesday.
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Digital Personal Data Protection Act Will Ensure Firms Handle Data of Indians Legally: IT Minister
Union Minister of State for Electronics and Information Technology Rajeev Chandrasekhar on Thursday said the Digital Personal Data Protection Act (DPDP Act) passed by Parliament recently will make digital companies handle the data of Indian citizens under absolute legal obligation.
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NHRC Chief Calls for Strict Laws for Unlawful Internet Behaviour, Cyber Crimes
National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) chairperson Justice (Retd) Arun Kumar Mishra on Thursday called for a stringent law to deal with "unlawful Internet behaviour and cyber crimes." He was speaking after the inauguration of the 25th All India Forensic Science Conference at the National Forensic Sciences University in Gandhinagar.
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India Mandates Five-Year Data Saving for Crypto Exchanges, Concerned Experts Foresee Corporate Upheaval
India’s Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) has released two new rules for crypto, Cloud, and VPN players. These rules need firms to save people’s KYC data for five years, and report any security breach or threat within six hours of identifying. While CERT-In is looking to strengthen India’s cyber security, its new rule has stirred con...
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Centre Must Frame Laws To Prevent Misuse Of Public Data: Cyber Expert
There is a need for the government to bring in data privacy regulations by framing policies or laws to prevent misuse of public data, cyber security expert and author Ankit Fadia said today.
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IT Ministry's Digital India Internships For Engineering Students This Summer Vacation
Student internships: There are a total of 25 places of internship. The broad areas of internship are Research and Development (R&D), cyber laws & cyber security, eGovernance, HRD, international cooperation and industrial promotion, hardware industry, electronic testing.
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'Pentagon Was Hacked Too': Piyush Goyal On Security For Digital Payments
Minutes after Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi began an ambitious new mobile-phone-payment application in December, several clones of the app popped up at Android smartphone stores. In the first few days, users were flooded with spam requests for money.
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India To Host Global Conference On Cyber Space In 2017: Union Minister RS Prasad
India will host the fifth edition of the Global Conference on Cyber Space (GCSS) in 2017 in which over 100 countries are expected to participate, IT and Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad today said.
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FBI Software, Web Training: How Delhi Police Will Tackle Online Stalking
Delhi Police has decided to 'up its game' in tackling online stalking and child abuse by taking help of some of the most advanced software used by US law enforcement agencies.
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UNICEF Releases Report On Online Protection Of Kids In India
UNICEF on Thursday released a report on 'Child Online Protection in India', which maps the existing laws on safeguarding children from online exploitation, flags the lacunae in them and puts forward recommendations to ensure cyber safety.
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Pakistan Passes 'Draconian' Cybercrime Law Amid Criticism
Pakistan's Parliament today adopted a controversial "draconian" legislation to deal with cyber crimes in the country amid criticism by opposition parties and groups working for protection of fundamental rights.
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"Unconstitutional": Supreme Court Scraps Section 66A, Protects Online Freedom of Speech
The Supreme Court has scrapped a contentious law that was seen as a major infringement of the freedom of speech online because it allowed the arrest of a person for posting offensive content. Section 66A of the Information Technology Act, has been declared unconstitutional. Describing the law as "vague in its entirety," the judges said, it encroach...
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Mumbai Woman, 77, Kept Under Digital Arrest For A Month, Defrauded Of Rs 3.8 Crore
A 77-year-old woman from Mumbai was kept under "digital arrest" for a month by cyber fraudsters who posed as law enforcement officials and made her transfer Rs 3.8 crore, claiming her Aadhaar card was used in a money laundering case.
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Probe Agency ED Arrests Delhi Man In Cyber Fraud Case With US Woman
The Enforcement Directorate has arrested a Delhi-based man under the anti-money laundering law in a case linked to an alleged cyber fraud with a woman from the US, official sources said Tuesday.
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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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ED Files Charges Against Chinese-Origin Directors, Others in Crypto Mining App Case
A charge-sheet has been filed under the anti-money laundering law against 299 entities, including 10 persons of Chinese origin, in an investigation linked to alleged duping of investors in the name of mining cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoins, the Enforcement Directorate said on Wednesday.
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Digital Personal Data Protection Act Will Ensure Firms Handle Data of Indians Legally: IT Minister
Union Minister of State for Electronics and Information Technology Rajeev Chandrasekhar on Thursday said the Digital Personal Data Protection Act (DPDP Act) passed by Parliament recently will make digital companies handle the data of Indian citizens under absolute legal obligation.
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NHRC Chief Calls for Strict Laws for Unlawful Internet Behaviour, Cyber Crimes
National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) chairperson Justice (Retd) Arun Kumar Mishra on Thursday called for a stringent law to deal with "unlawful Internet behaviour and cyber crimes." He was speaking after the inauguration of the 25th All India Forensic Science Conference at the National Forensic Sciences University in Gandhinagar.
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India Mandates Five-Year Data Saving for Crypto Exchanges, Concerned Experts Foresee Corporate Upheaval
India’s Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) has released two new rules for crypto, Cloud, and VPN players. These rules need firms to save people’s KYC data for five years, and report any security breach or threat within six hours of identifying. While CERT-In is looking to strengthen India’s cyber security, its new rule has stirred con...
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Centre Must Frame Laws To Prevent Misuse Of Public Data: Cyber Expert
There is a need for the government to bring in data privacy regulations by framing policies or laws to prevent misuse of public data, cyber security expert and author Ankit Fadia said today.
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IT Ministry's Digital India Internships For Engineering Students This Summer Vacation
Student internships: There are a total of 25 places of internship. The broad areas of internship are Research and Development (R&D), cyber laws & cyber security, eGovernance, HRD, international cooperation and industrial promotion, hardware industry, electronic testing.
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'Pentagon Was Hacked Too': Piyush Goyal On Security For Digital Payments
Minutes after Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi began an ambitious new mobile-phone-payment application in December, several clones of the app popped up at Android smartphone stores. In the first few days, users were flooded with spam requests for money.
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India To Host Global Conference On Cyber Space In 2017: Union Minister RS Prasad
India will host the fifth edition of the Global Conference on Cyber Space (GCSS) in 2017 in which over 100 countries are expected to participate, IT and Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad today said.
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FBI Software, Web Training: How Delhi Police Will Tackle Online Stalking
Delhi Police has decided to 'up its game' in tackling online stalking and child abuse by taking help of some of the most advanced software used by US law enforcement agencies.
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UNICEF Releases Report On Online Protection Of Kids In India
UNICEF on Thursday released a report on 'Child Online Protection in India', which maps the existing laws on safeguarding children from online exploitation, flags the lacunae in them and puts forward recommendations to ensure cyber safety.
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Pakistan Passes 'Draconian' Cybercrime Law Amid Criticism
Pakistan's Parliament today adopted a controversial "draconian" legislation to deal with cyber crimes in the country amid criticism by opposition parties and groups working for protection of fundamental rights.
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"Unconstitutional": Supreme Court Scraps Section 66A, Protects Online Freedom of Speech
The Supreme Court has scrapped a contentious law that was seen as a major infringement of the freedom of speech online because it allowed the arrest of a person for posting offensive content. Section 66A of the Information Technology Act, has been declared unconstitutional. Describing the law as "vague in its entirety," the judges said, it encroach...
