Tag: cyber crime

5G SIM fraud alert! Scammers stealing bank details
10Oct By adminNo Comments
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5G SIM fraud alert! Scammers stealing bank details

[ad_1] People have reported fraudsters stealing bank details of users in the name of 5G SIM upgrade. As the 5G services have already started rolling out in some Indian cities including Delhi-NCR, scammers have started targetting users by luring them to upgrade their SIM card to 5G. After several reports of such scams were recieved from several states, police on Sunday issued an advisory warning residents about the fake calls or messages for upgrading their SIM cards. The cyber police cell has asked people not to share their one-time passwords (OTPs) with any telecaller as they can steal money from their bank accounts. Many people have already been trapped. Upasna Singh, deputy commissioner of police said, “Since news of the 5G rollout in Gurugram came out, the number of these incident...
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Cybercrime! 26 cyber criminals arrested under CBI’s ‘Operation Chakra’
6Oct By adminNo Comments
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Cybercrime! 26 cyber criminals arrested under CBI’s ‘Operation Chakra’

[ad_1] Twenty-six alleged cyber criminals have been arrested so far under ‘Operation Chakra' of the CBI to dismantle cyber crime gangs operating in the country, officials said on Thursday.The operation has been launched in coordination with state police, Interpol and agencies of other countries, they said. The CBI said 16 persons were arrested by Karnataka Police, seven by Delhi Police, two by Punjab Police and one by Andaman and Nicobar Police. The central probe agency, in coordination with state police, conducted searches under the operation at 115 locations across the country on inputs provided by Interpol, FBI, Royal Canadian Mounted Police and Australian Federal Police, the officials said.The CBI registered 11 cases against cyber criminals involved in financial fraud using the int...
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Hackers accessed data on some American Airlines customers
20Sep By adminNo Comments
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Hackers accessed data on some American Airlines customers

[ad_1] American Airlines says personal information of a “very small number” of customers and employees was compromised after hackers breached some employee email accounts. The airline said Tuesday that it has indication that the attackers have misused any of the personal information. American said the breach was discovered in July. The airline declined to say how precisely how many people had their personal information exposed or the nature of that information. “American Airlines is aware of a phishing campaign that led to the unauthorized access to a limited number of team member mailboxes,” American spokesman Curtis Blessing said. “A very small number of customers and employees' personal information was contained in those email accounts. Blessing said Amer...
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Government warns smartphone users of severe security threat; here is what you must do
19Sep By adminNo Comments
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Government warns smartphone users of severe security threat; here is what you must do

[ad_1] The Indian government has issued a list of safety tips for smartphone users to safeguard themselves. Check out what to do and what not to do. With the increasing dependency on the internet and technology, cybercrime too is increasing. Hence, it is very important for internet users to be cyber aware. Cyber criminals often find ways to lure users to click on malicious links by promising them fake rewards and cash. Recently, the Indian government has issued several security threats for Windows users, Zoom and others. The Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology has released an advisory on ‘Best Practices' that can protect smartphone users from cyber att...
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Accidental Crorepati! In shocking move, Google paid Rs. 2 crore to a hacker
18Sep By adminNo Comments
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Accidental Crorepati! In shocking move, Google paid Rs. 2 crore to a hacker

[ad_1] Google has accidently paid Rs. 2 crore to a hacker and turned him into an accidental crorepati. Here is how he responded. In a shocking development, it has been revealed that Google has mistakenly paid a huge amount of Rs. 2 crore to a hacker, turning him into an accidental crorepati. What is worse, Google even forgot to take it back! The information was shared by the hacker himself. The self proclaimed hacker named Sam Curry (@samwcyo) even asked if there is any way he could get in touch with Google regarding the matter. Taking to his Twitter account he shared a screenshot and wrote, "It's been a little over 3 weeks since Google randomly sent me $249,999 and I still haven't heard anything on the support ticket. Is the...
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