Staff Reporter : Cyber crime in the State capital has escalated from isolated online offences into a highly organised syndicate spanning multiple states, causing losses worth nearly Rs 34 crore to Bhopal residents over the past three years. Bhopal Crime Branch and Cyber Police have recovered and restored approximately Rs 3 crore...Read More
BERLIN — They called themselves the “German driving school for experts,” but prosecutors say the true purpose of their Telegram chats was to brag about the women they raped and share tips about how to drug them. In posts that sometimes included photos and videos of their attacks on unconscious victims, they referred to women...Read More
The police believe that Dutch criminals were involved in the massive Odido hack in which the data of some 6.2 million people was stolen in February. Shortly before the hack, a Dutch-speaking man called Odido’s customer service. He posed as an Odido IT employee and phished his way into gaining access to the company’s systems,...Read More
Rakuten Symphony to deploy maritime cybersecurity platform with Hanwha Ocean Rakuten Symphony has signed a commercial agreement with South Korean shipbuilder Hanwha Ocean to deploy its Rakuten Maritime vessel cybersecurity platform across the shipbuilder’s vessel design, construction and operational processes. The agreement marks the first commercial deployment of the Rakuten Maritime platform, which was launched...Read More
Restrictions on children’s use of social media in the European Union could come as early as this summer, as a long-awaited expert report next week is expected to recommend limiting minors’ access to online platforms. After Australia became the first country in the world to ban under-16s from social media, several EU nations including Denmark...Read More
During the Budget Session 2026–27, the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Empowerment of Women tabled the Fourth Report on Cyber Crimes and Cyber Safety of Women. The report identifies several facets of cybercrime ecosystem afflicting women in India, probes gaps in policy, and makes corresponding recommendations. A primary concern with the report is the absence of...Read More
IT services organization Accenture has confirmed it experienced a data breach. This is a company that provides services to businesses and governments across the globe, including services in technology, cloud and engineering. Ross Filipek, CISO at Corsica Technologies, comments, “Accenture is a familiar target because of where it sits in the business ecosystem. Large consulting...Read More
Recent viral videos from India show people using a mobile phone app to shut down e-rickshaws in everyday traffic. At first glance, the videos seemed almost staged. A person would open an app, connect to a nearby battery-management system over Bluetooth, and then disable the battery. More alarming was how little it required: proximity, Bluetooth access,...Read More
Generally, public institutions always refuse to pay ransoms for ransomware attacks demanded by threat actors, understanding that this does not guarantee obtaining the encrypted data or that the copies will be destroyed, and knowing that it is a way to help finance these groups. However, there are exceptions. Certain agencies, desperate or concerned about the...Read More
Doctors are renewing a push to warn parents about burn risks from squishy toys like NeeDohs, especially during summer months when a hot car can cause similar danger to the social media trend of microwaving the toys. These fidget toys are filled with a jelly-like substance. They’re viral and highly sought after by kids and...Read More
