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What Is 'Swatting'? Donald Trump's Cabinet Nominees Targeted With Dangerous Hoaxes
People who carry out a swatting prank call aim to fool emergency services into sending a Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) team to respond to the supposed emergency.
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Xi Vows To Work With Trump Administration As He Held Final Talks With Biden
Chinese President Xi Jinping vowed on Saturday to work with the incoming US administration of Donald Trump as he held his final talks with outgoing President Joe Biden on conflicts from cyber crime to trade, Taiwan, the South China Sea and Russia.
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Biden, Xi Face Off Soon In Peru As Tensions Soar Before Trump Era Returns
Joe Biden meets Chinese president Xi Jinping for the last time as US president on Saturday, but the leaders' goal of lowering tensions before Donald Trump's inauguration is challenged by fresh conflicts over cyber crime, trade, Taiwan and Russia.
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2 Fake Call Centres Busted In Punjab, 155 Employees Arrested: Cops
The Cyber Crime Division of Punjab Police has busted two fake call centres running in Mohali, near here, and arrested 155 employees for making fraudulent calls to people living in the US and duping them, police said on Friday.
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Fake Call Centre In Hyderabad Busted For Duping US Citizens, 115 Arrested
A fake international call centre was busted and 115 members of an interstate gang who allegedly cheated US citizens by impersonating executives of an e-commerce giant were arrested, the Hyberabad Police on Friday said.
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3 Arrested For Cheating Several US Citizens Of $20 Million: Delhi Cops
Three people, including the main accused, were arrested by the Delhi Police for allegedly defrauding several US citizens of more than 20 million dollars by posing as a senior Drug Enforcement Agency official.
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Russian Extradited To US To Face Cyber Crime Charges
A Russian national appeared in a US federal court on Thursday after he was extradited from South Korea to Ohio to face charges for his alleged role in a cybercriminal organization, the US Department of Justice said.
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Goa Police Bust Fake Call Centre, Arrest 13 For Duping US Citizens
The cyber crime cell of Goa Police today claimed to have busted a fake call centre, arresting 13 persons for allegedly posing as officials representing the US Social Security Administration and extorting money from US citizens, police said.
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Amazon, Google, Microsoft Join US Cyber Team To Fight Ransomware
US President Joe Biden last week expressed concern about the recent increase in cyberattacks.
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US Sets Up $10 Million Reward in Fight Against Ransomware Attacks; Payout Option in Cryptocurrency
The US government has announced reward payments of up to $10 million (roughly Rs. 74.6 crores) for tips that led to the arrest of cyber criminals. In a first for a US state agency, the reward payment options include cryptocurrency payouts.
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Russian Security Chief Says Moscow Will Cooperate With US Against Hackers: Report
Russia will work together with the United States to locate cyber criminals, the RIA news agency quoted FSB security service chief Alexander Bortnikov as saying on Wednesday.
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Ransomware Attacks to Get Similar Priority as Terrorism in US, Official Says
The US Department of Justice is elevating investigations of ransomware attacks to a similar priority as terrorism in the wake of the Colonial Pipeline hack and mounting damage caused by cyber criminals, a senior department official said.
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Obscure Indian Cyber-Firm Said to Have Spied on Politicians, Investors Worldwide
BellTroX InfoTech Services targeted government officials in Europe, gambling tycoons in the Bahamas, and well-known investors in the United States including private equity giant KKR and short seller Muddy Waters, according to three former employees, outside researchers, and a trail of online evidence.
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India Witnessing Cyber-Attacks From Russia, US, China: F-Secure
According to F-Secure's honeypot data, Russia, the US, China, the Netherlands and Germany targeted India with 436,090 attacks.
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Indian-Origin Man, Two Others Sentenced For Cyber Crime In US
An Indian-origin man is among three persons sentenced for their roles in staging a cyberattack that brought down huge swathes of the internet and infected over 100,000 US-based computing devices
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What Is 'Swatting'? Donald Trump's Cabinet Nominees Targeted With Dangerous Hoaxes
People who carry out a swatting prank call aim to fool emergency services into sending a Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) team to respond to the supposed emergency.
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Xi Vows To Work With Trump Administration As He Held Final Talks With Biden
Chinese President Xi Jinping vowed on Saturday to work with the incoming US administration of Donald Trump as he held his final talks with outgoing President Joe Biden on conflicts from cyber crime to trade, Taiwan, the South China Sea and Russia.
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Biden, Xi Face Off Soon In Peru As Tensions Soar Before Trump Era Returns
Joe Biden meets Chinese president Xi Jinping for the last time as US president on Saturday, but the leaders' goal of lowering tensions before Donald Trump's inauguration is challenged by fresh conflicts over cyber crime, trade, Taiwan and Russia.
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2 Fake Call Centres Busted In Punjab, 155 Employees Arrested: Cops
The Cyber Crime Division of Punjab Police has busted two fake call centres running in Mohali, near here, and arrested 155 employees for making fraudulent calls to people living in the US and duping them, police said on Friday.
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Fake Call Centre In Hyderabad Busted For Duping US Citizens, 115 Arrested
A fake international call centre was busted and 115 members of an interstate gang who allegedly cheated US citizens by impersonating executives of an e-commerce giant were arrested, the Hyberabad Police on Friday said.
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3 Arrested For Cheating Several US Citizens Of $20 Million: Delhi Cops
Three people, including the main accused, were arrested by the Delhi Police for allegedly defrauding several US citizens of more than 20 million dollars by posing as a senior Drug Enforcement Agency official.
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Russian Extradited To US To Face Cyber Crime Charges
A Russian national appeared in a US federal court on Thursday after he was extradited from South Korea to Ohio to face charges for his alleged role in a cybercriminal organization, the US Department of Justice said.
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Goa Police Bust Fake Call Centre, Arrest 13 For Duping US Citizens
The cyber crime cell of Goa Police today claimed to have busted a fake call centre, arresting 13 persons for allegedly posing as officials representing the US Social Security Administration and extorting money from US citizens, police said.
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Amazon, Google, Microsoft Join US Cyber Team To Fight Ransomware
US President Joe Biden last week expressed concern about the recent increase in cyberattacks.
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US Sets Up $10 Million Reward in Fight Against Ransomware Attacks; Payout Option in Cryptocurrency
The US government has announced reward payments of up to $10 million (roughly Rs. 74.6 crores) for tips that led to the arrest of cyber criminals. In a first for a US state agency, the reward payment options include cryptocurrency payouts.
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Russian Security Chief Says Moscow Will Cooperate With US Against Hackers: Report
Russia will work together with the United States to locate cyber criminals, the RIA news agency quoted FSB security service chief Alexander Bortnikov as saying on Wednesday.
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Ransomware Attacks to Get Similar Priority as Terrorism in US, Official Says
The US Department of Justice is elevating investigations of ransomware attacks to a similar priority as terrorism in the wake of the Colonial Pipeline hack and mounting damage caused by cyber criminals, a senior department official said.
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Obscure Indian Cyber-Firm Said to Have Spied on Politicians, Investors Worldwide
BellTroX InfoTech Services targeted government officials in Europe, gambling tycoons in the Bahamas, and well-known investors in the United States including private equity giant KKR and short seller Muddy Waters, according to three former employees, outside researchers, and a trail of online evidence.
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India Witnessing Cyber-Attacks From Russia, US, China: F-Secure
According to F-Secure's honeypot data, Russia, the US, China, the Netherlands and Germany targeted India with 436,090 attacks.
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Indian-Origin Man, Two Others Sentenced For Cyber Crime In US
An Indian-origin man is among three persons sentenced for their roles in staging a cyberattack that brought down huge swathes of the internet and infected over 100,000 US-based computing devices
