German startup Baobab Insurance, a provider of insurance against cyber and other digital risks, announced today a €12 million Series A financing round to advance their active risk mitigation platform. The round was led by VC fund Viola FinTech and eCapital. Existing investors, Augmentum Fintech and Project A Ventures, and Baobab’s advisory board member Christof...Read More
Image for representation. | Photo Credit: Reuters The Delhi police have dismantled a pan-India cybercrime syndicate involved in large-scale banking frauds, whose network was operating through multiple verticals, including fake loan call centres and an orchestrated sextortion racket. A senior police officer said the racket comprised social media profile analysts, extortion callers, and individuals impersonating...Read More
The Top Ten cyber crime news summaries on The420 are meticulously curated by Future Crime Researchers from the Future Crime Research Foundation (FCRF) and powered by Algoritha Security Pvt. Ltd. These summaries feature the most critical cyber crime developments from around the world. Keep reading—and stay safe. 1. Delhi Police Dismantle Nationwide Cybercrime Syndicate in...Read More
NEW YORK (AP) — Harvey Weinstein ‘s lawyer portrayed him as the falsely accused “original sinner” of the #MeToo era, while a prosecutor told jurors at his sex crimes retrial Tuesday that the former movie mogul preyed on less-powerful women he thought would never speak up. The two sides took very different tones in their...Read More
The Delhi Police Crime Branch has dismantled a sprawling, pan-India cybercrime syndicate allegedly involved in a range of illegal activities, including sextortion, banking fraud, and cyber scams, officials said on Tuesday. The criminal network operated across Delhi, Rajasthan, and Uttar Pradesh, according to the police. The operation resulted in the seizure of 28 mobile phones,...Read More
The EU executive has launched an investigation into four pornographic websites over alleged failure to prevent children from seeing adult content. After analysis of company policies, the European Commission accused Pornhub, Stripchat, XNXX and XVideos of failing to have effective age verification measures to stop minors accessing their content. The investigation was opened under the...Read More
Visualization to the paper “Understanding the Security Advice Mechanisms of Low Socioeconomic Pakistanis.” Credit: CISPA Helmholtz Center for Information Security Information on setting up a mobile phone and on cybersecurity topics is usually available only in written form. But what happens when the target audience is poor and has low literacy? CISPA researcher Sumair Hashmi...Read More
CHENNAI: Chennai city police’s cyber crime units have arrested three suspects in two online part-time job scams. The victims were initially told to share YouTube videos or give good review on Google, send a screenshot of the completed task to a dedicated group and claim a small sum of money. They were then lured into...Read More
Kenyan charged with cybercrime for website criticising budget A collected photo NAIROBI, June 3, 2025 (BSS/AFP) – A Kenyan software developer was charged Tuesday with breaching cybercrime laws for creating a website to mobilise opposition to a new finance bill, a year after its predecessor sparked mass protests. President William Ruto’s government has been cracking...Read More
Australian businesses, agencies and households face a looming cybersecurity theat. As millions of data breaches hit vulnerable networks, software and people every year, coming over the top is the inherent vulnerability of electronic waste (e-waste) – a physically accessible, weakly-secured bonanza for hackers (that is, if asset disposal is improperly handled). What is driving the...Read More
