A ₹500 Dispute, a ₹5 Lakh Account Frozen: The Rajasthan High Court Draws the Line
One hundred and five writ petitions. One common judgment. And fourteen binding directions that now govern when — and how far — a citizen’s bank account may be frozen in a cyber financial crime investigation anywhere in Rajasthan. Practice area: Cyber Law & Banking Reading time: ~9 minutes Updated: 20 August 2026 It is the first of the […]
Bank of Baroda Data Leak: What We Actually Know So Far
A Massive Claim Hits the Headlines Late last week, reports began circulating that a hacking group had leaked nearly 1 terabyte (1,000 GB) of data allegedly belonging to Bank of Baroda, one of India’s largest public sector lenders. The claim was first flagged by Ransomware.live, a dark web monitoring platform, on July 25, and quickly […]
Teaching Kids to Spot the Scammer: Inside Northeastern State University’s Cyber Safety CampIntroduction
Most conversations about cybersecurity focus on adults — protecting bank accounts, corporate networks, or government systems. But a growing number of educators argue that the real front line is much younger: kids who are on gaming platforms and social media every day, often without realizing that some of the “friends” and strangers they interact with […]
US Cracks Down on Global Scam Networks: What the New State Department Visa Restrictions Mean
Introduction The fight against transnational cybercrime just gained a new diplomatic weapon. On Thursday, the U.S. State Department announced a sweeping new visa restriction policy targeting foreign nationals linked to cybercrime networks — including scammers, sextortionists, and their facilitators — along with, in some cases, their immediate family members. Secretary of State Marco Rubio unveiled […]
Gorakhpur Police Bust Mule Account Network: A Window Into India’s Growing Cyber Fraud Laundering Problem
Introduction Police in Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, have dismantled another alleged mule bank account racket — a network used to funnel proceeds of cyber fraud through bank accounts opened in the names of unsuspecting individuals. In a joint operation, the Kotwali Police Station and the Cyber Cell arrested four suspects. The raid recovered a substantial cache […]
US Cracks Down on Global Scam Networks: What the New State Department Visa Restrictions Mean
Introduction The fight against transnational cybercrime just gained a new diplomatic weapon. On Thursday, the U.S. State Department announced a sweeping new visa restriction policy targeting foreign nationals linked to cybercrime networks — including scammers, sextortionists, and their facilitators — along with, in some cases, their immediate family members. Secretary of State Marco Rubio unveiled […]
43 Cybercrime Cases Per Lakh Population: What Telangana’s Numbers Reveal About India’s Cyber Risk Problem
Introduction Telangana has built its reputation as one of India’s leading tech and investment hubs — home to Hyderabad’s HITEC City, a thriving IT/ITES sector, and a steady stream of global capital. But a new NITI Aayog-backed study has surfaced an uncomfortable statistic sitting underneath that success story: Telangana records 43 cybercrime cases per lakh […]
How India Is Using AI to Fight Mobile-Based Cyber Fraud: A Look at the 88-Lakh Disconnection Drive
Introduction Cyber fraud in India has grown into a massive problem, with scammers routinely using mobile phones as their primary weapon — from fake loan apps to OTP theft, SIM-swap scams, and impersonation calls. In a major update on this front, the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has disconnected more than 88 lakh (8.8 million) suspicious […]
A Class 11 Dropout, YouTube Tutorials, and AI: Inside the ₹64-Crore Fake Banking App Racket Busted in Surat
An 18-year-old from Kanpur who never finished high school has been named by police as the alleged architect behind one of the more startling cybercrime cases to surface in India this year — not because of who he is, but because of what he could apparently build without any formal training. Gujarat’s Surat Cyber Crime […]
When a Tech Giant’s “India Head” Becomes a Named Accused: Inside the Google Play Store Cyber Fraud Row
In an unprecedented move, the Hyderabad Cyber Crime Police have named Google India’s head, Preeti Lobana, as a co-accused in three separate cyber fraud cases. The cases involve victims who say they lost a combined ₹48.37 lakh (roughly $58,000) to fake stock-trading and investment apps they downloaded from the Google Play Store. Google has pushed […]