The petition urges the court to direct major social media companies to implement robust age-verification systems
Hong Kong police have recorded 150 WhatsApp account hijacking cases in the past two weeks, with total losses exceeding HK$26 million (US$3.31 million), including one in which a victim was scammed out of HK$10 million by fraudsters impersonating his father. In a social media post on Wednesday, the force’s Cyberdefender platform warned residents against “blindly” trusting voice messages as fraudsters were using artificial intelligence (AI) to imitate loved ones after compromising their...
State-wise data showed that Telangana recorded the highest number of cyber fraud cases in 2024 at 18,922, followed by Bihar (4,020), Maharashtra (2,827) and Odisha (1,546)
Anti-social elements from from Pakistan and Middle Eastern countries were amplifying misleading narratives, says cyber cell
The proposed coordination mechanism will enable the police to respond more effectively to emerging cyber threats, including rapidly evolving scams such as ‘digital arrest’ frauds
BJP MP Nishikant Dubey chairs the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Communications and Information Technology
A.A. Rahim seeks the apex court’s intervention on ‘...the automated, algorithmic extraction and matching of the biometric identifiers of thousands of peaceful protesters, and the interlinking of such data with permanent national criminal databases’ in a ‘...complete legal vacuum’
The suit against Meta, X Corp, Google LLC and unknown persons alleged that such posts has has caused irreparable harm to Nitin Gadkari's reputation and personality rights
The Philippines is targeting to recruit more coders, engineers and cybersecurity specialists into the military, as Manila confronts a battlefield increasingly shaped by software, networks and artificial intelligence. Philippine Defence Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jnr on Saturday ordered the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) to expand a programme that allows civilian professionals with specialised skills, such as scientists, engineers, doctors and lawyers, to join the military as commissioned...
The pop star is suing to discover the identity of hackers who obtained unreleased photos and songs.
It is unclear what the scale of the takedown drive is, or which other government agencies are pursuing the removal of protest-related content
Ruling establishes that countries using spyware on people in the UK can be sued.
Hong Kong’s banking sector is still in the early stages of preparing for cybersecurity risks posed by quantum computing, the city’s de facto central bank said on Monday as it unveiled a new benchmark to track the industry’s readiness. The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) launched its first Quantum Preparedness Index (QPI), which gave the sector a score of 2.3 out of 10, indicating that most banks are still building the foundations for a transition to the quantum era. The index, based on a...
Nitin Gadkari states that although he has served as the Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways since 2014, he has no role in the E20 policy decisions.
Ms. Ahir alleged that there was a coordinated online hate campaign involving defamation, manipulated images, misogynistic abuse, criminal intimidation and targeted harassment
R. Priya said she had submitted a list of accounts, which had been “continuously bullying” her online for nearly a year, to Greater Chennai Police Commissioner A. Amalraj
Fraudsters are primarily targeting users who search on Google using keywords such as 'KTDC Stay,' 'KTDC Hotels,' 'KTDC Booking' and 'KTDC Resort.' The fake websites are designed to closely resemble the official KTDC website, making it difficult for the public to distinguish between genuine and fraudulent platforms
Elathur MLA Vidya Balakrishnan had received a phone call on July 6 from a person claiming to be the private secretary of the Wayanad MP, offering her a Cabinet Minister’s post in exchange for ₹3 crore. Growing suspicious, the MLA contacted the MP’s office, which confirmed it was a scam
Victim lured by false promises of high returns on investment through a fraudulent gaming app, leading to multiple bank transfers and a police investigation
An expert team is trying to trace the miscreants, and we have some definite clues, says Cybercrime Inspector General of Police Ake Ravi Krishna
Hugging Face said the hack was done at superhuman speed by an AI with little or no human guidance.
The Delhi Police have deployed its DP-Dristhi and Ikshana surveillance vans and a Mobile Command and Control Vehicle, which uses AI-assisted facial recognition technology to scan live CCTV feeds; protesters have expressed apprehension over the use of such technologies
The notice comes after several users participating in the Jantar Mantar protest were observed using Bluetooth-based messaging apps after the government imposed temporary restrictions on internet services
Court notes that the requirement for authentication for Tatkal tickets was justified based on experiences of alleged deceit, manipulation and bulk booking, which denied access to the ticketing system for genuine users
A social media post over an unpaid phone bill has triggered a data-protection investigation in Malaysia, after one of the country’s most recognisable influencers questioned how a stranger obtained details from his telecoms account. The episode involving Khairul Amin Kamarulzaman, better known as Khairul Aming, has raised uncomfortable questions for telcos about how tightly they manage customer account information and how quickly private details can be exposed when those controls fail. Khairul...
Investigation team, which zeroed in on the suspect during visit to national capital as part of intensified probe, says many individuals are involved in the racket, with several of them based in New Delhi
Tovino Thomas, Parvathy Thiruvothu, Ranjini Haridas among celebrities targeted by cyberattack
People will be able to chat without revealing their contact number once the new feature is rolled out.
Malaysia is close to overhauling its nearly 30-year-old cybercrime law and giving authorities long-sought tools to pursue online fraud, digital impersonation and AI-generated abuse, but experts say the bill’s impact will depend on whether investigators can enforce it effectively and prevent misuse of its powers. The Cybercrimes Bill 2026 was first tabled in parliament on June 22 and passed by the Dewan Rakyat, Malaysia’s lower house, on July 1. The Dewan Negara, the upper house, approved it on...
Chinese police scientists have offered a rare insight into how they were able to break into the dark web using artificial intelligence to decode underground content. The dark web – a realm unfamiliar to most – is built on encrypted communications and anonymous routing technologies that render user activity nearly untraceable, making it a haven for illegal activity and data trafficking. In recent years, researchers both in China and abroad have made progress in analysing dark web content, but...
The campaign focuses on preventing cybercrime through community engagement, technology-driven surveillance, victim outreach, cyber awareness and prompt legal action
Victims of transnational online scams in East Asia, Southeast Asia, Australia and New Zealand lost up to US$114.1 billion last year, a UN report said on Tuesday, with estimated losses at least tripling from 2023. Southeast Asia, especially Cambodia and Myanmar, has emerged as a regional hub for crime syndicates running fake romance and cryptocurrency investment schemes in which scammers – some willing, others trafficked – defraud internet users around the world, often from fortified...
Digital inclusion and civil liberties campaigners welcome the U-turn — for different reasons. But some are unhappy.
Cyberfraud complaints on 1930 helpline involving a loss of more than ₹1 lakh will be integrate dwith the Crime and Criminal Tracking Network and System for the registration of an e-Zero FIR
Trump revived long-debunked theories regarding the 2020 elections in a primetime speech.
Privacy experts have slammed the U.S. government’s new social media vetting requirements, likening the country’s approach to that of an authoritarian regime. However, they note it is difficult to claim that privacy laws are being broken as visa applicants can choose to ignore the request, though they put their visa application at risk by doing so
The plea seeks a declaration that blanket photography, videography and operation of a surveillance tower at the protest site are unconstitutional
South Korea plans to develop its own cybersecurity-focused artificial intelligence model by the end of this year, after a brief US clampdown on advanced systems exposed the risks of relying on foreign technology for national cyber defence. But Seoul’s more ambitious longer-term idea of building a frontier model capable of competing with the world’s most advanced systems would require it to overcome a persistent gap in AI software, computing capacity and large-scale training, analysts said. The...
Any move to create a unique identity number, collect data on every resident and link it to a single profile requires legislation, right to privacy activists argue
Purported blueprints of parts of India's largest plant exposed by World Leaks ransomeware group, Reuters reports.
Of the 49,620 cybercrime FIRs registered across the country in 2025, 21,639 were registered in Telangana, accounting for 44% of the national total and placing the State at the top nationally
Speaking to The Hindu, Union MoS Jitendra Singh says the breach has nothing to do with nuclear security at the Kudankulam nuclear power plant; experts also do not seem worried by the incident
A UK court on Thursday jailed two young men for a 2024 cyberattack on London’s public transport operator that exposed the details of millions of customers, in one of Britain’s biggest data breaches. Thalha Jubair, 20, from East London, and 18-year-old Owen Flowers from England’s West Midlands were each handed five-and-a-half-year sentences at London’s Woolwich Crown Court. The pair pleaded guilty last month to hacking Transport for London’s (TfL) network between August 31 and September 3, 2024,...
Files linked to Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant surfaced on the Dark Web after a reported ransomware incident. This explainer breaks down what was leaked, what it means, and what remains protected
Multiple NPCIL sources have confirmed the leak of data. However, a senior official said: “The files leaked are not related to KKNPP plant safety or nuclear safety. They are ordinary files which are common to any thermal power plant”
Anil Ambani’s Reliance Group, one of the plant’s contractors, told Reuters in a statement that there had been a “partial breach” of its data on a server hosted by third-party Indian data centre service provider Yotta, and that the govt. has been informed about the incident
All Kerala Chitty Foremen’s Association says fraudsters have been sending emails, pretending to be Income Tax officials, demanding that institutions submit key financial records and other confidential documents within three days, warning of legal action and penalties for non-compliance
Minister says she was shocked that such a photograph could be taken while she was attending an official programme with students and teachers
There should be a “youth mode” for children on social media platforms in which addictive features and targeted advertising are turned off, EU lawmakers demanded on Tuesday. The calls are growing louder for the European Union to ensure that social media platforms and others are designed to be safe before children use them. An expert report on Monday also recommended a “safety-by-design” approach in which platforms protect minors from possible harms posed by the apps. “The responsibility for the...
The appeal challenged the single-judge judgment that allowed individuals to seek removal of personal information from search engine results, including legal databases, where such information is ‘no longer relevant or serves no legitimate public purpose’
EU announces sanctions on nine individuals and four entities over alleged years-long cyber-espionage campaign.
The data exposed include UAN with the EPFO, LPG cylinder booking details with at least one major oil marketing company, and Aadhaar numbers across several services where a user’s ID details are saved
Meta has sent responses for the notices on child sexual abuse material
Hong Kong’s privacy watchdog has received a complaint over a viral dashcam video of a heated dispute in a ride-hailing vehicle involving a passenger identified as singer David Lui Fong, warning that the case could be referred to police. Assistant Privacy Commissioner Fiona Lai Ho-yan said on a radio programme on Monday that passengers had a higher expectation of privacy inside for-hire vehicles, which are considered semi-private spaces. “The driver involved, by uploading an identifiable video to...
In this new system, when a victim calls the 1930 cybercrime tipline, the person attending the call enters the data in the Karnataka Police IT portal and National Cybercrime Reporting Portal; the entry in the State portal generates an e-zero FIR
There is a bogus version of Singapore’s prime minister that exists only to steal money. It connected to a Zoom call, thanked a stranger for his time and helped relieve him of US$3.8 million – with the real Lawrence Wong, for a time, none the wiser about what had happened. The victim had received a WhatsApp message purporting to be from the secretary to the cabinet, inviting him to a private meeting. What followed was not some doctored photo or a 15-second clip designed to fool a distracted...
Canada’s new privacy bill promises stronger protections for children, but experts say it still misses risks in the AI world.
The key objective of assigning designated series for these important communications is to make such calls trustworthy for the citizens, the regulator said
WhatsApp has submitted its response to the Centre’s July 1 notice over its proposed username feature. But this is only the latest chapter in a years-long legal and regulatory battle between the messaging platform and the Indian government.
Bhu Bharati still functions on the old architecture (of Dharani) which reportedly has weaknesses that give scope for change in land classification, extent and other details
A viral dashcam video clip showing a heated argument inside a ride-hailing vehicle between a driver and a passenger, identified in the footage as singer David Lui Fong, has prompted Hong Kong’s privacy watchdog to order its removal, the South China Morning Post has learned. In response to the SCMP’s queries, the Office of the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data said on Friday that it had ordered a social media platform to remove the footage, adding that the office had not yet received any...
The plea was not limiting to Roblox, but also mentioned other online gaming platforms
The Ministry is reviewing the company’s response, a senior official said
WhatsApp had sought some more time to submit its response on the 'username' feature and had assured the government that it would not roll it out in India until discussions are complete
Muk Hang Limboo says an apparent geolocation anomaly on X indicates that the Sikkim capital is a part of the Uyghur-dominated province of China
Indonesia’s attempt to keep children aged under 16 off social media platforms deemed high risk has quickly become one of the world’s biggest tests of online safety regulation, with more than 4.8 million suspected underage accounts removed or deactivated in the first three months of enforcement. For President Prabowo Subianto’s government, the figures are an early sign that major platforms are falling in line with its policy aimed at making the digital world safer for children. Communications and...
How does the ruling balance privacy with open justice and free speech? What challenges remain in enforcing the right to be forgotten? What role does the DPDP Act play? Who should decide requests for erasure or de-indexing?
A lawsuit claims the Trump administration is unlawfully giving confidential personal information to Iran about Iranians who applied for asylum to avoid “grave danger” in their native country. The US is sharing private data with the Iranian government about asylum applicants including pro-democracy protesters as well as members of religious minorities and the LGBTQ community, according to the complaint filed Tuesday in Washington. Asylum seekers allegedly face deportation back to Iran, where the...
As Centre raises concerns over cybercrime risks, the legal debate turns on balancing informational privacy, free choice in technology design and proportional state intervention
Even if a smartphone is offline, in flight mode, encrypted or locked, Chinese authorities could still be able to determine which apps are being used by analysing faint electromagnetic signals emitted as the device operates. Researchers at the People’s Public Security University of China have developed a method that identifies smartphone applications and user actions through low-frequency electromagnetic radiation. In their findings published in the peer-reviewed journal Radioengineering on May...
Parents must approve app downloads for minors as legal fight over Texas age verification law continues.
Ministry warns against making payments to social media handles claiming to advise the MEA on foreign policy or offering paid guidance on working with the Ministry
“MeitY has ordered Instagram to disable all ads and content promoting and facilitating access to CSEAM,” the sources said, adding that the Ministry also demanded a detailed explanation within seven days