Telangana Tops India in Cybercrime FIRs — Even as Fraud Hits ₹1,524 Cr
A state that files more cybercrime cases than anywhere else in the country also managed to cut its losses by a fifth in a single year. The DGP says that’s not enough — and that policing itself is about to be redefined by this one crime category. ₹1,524 Cr Fraud losses, 2025 ↓ 20% Loss […]
Scattered Spider Hackers Get Bail 5.5 Years for the £29M TfL Breach
Two teenagers behind one of the UK’s most disruptive cyberattacks were undone by a food delivery order — and became the second people ever convicted under Britain’s most serious hacking law. 5.5 yrseach, Woolwich Crown Court £29Min losses & recovery costs 2nd everSection 3ZA conviction On 16 July 2026, a judge at Woolwich Crown Court […]
Inside Operation Cy-Vajra: How UP Police Traced a ₹1,158-Crore Fraud Network
A seven-day statewide crackdown turned scattered cybercrime complaints into a mapped financial network — 773 accused, one dismantled mule-account economy, and a test of whether the momentum holds. ₹1,158.7 CrFraud traced 773Accused arrested 7 DaysDuration of drive How the Operation Came Together The campaign was launched under Director General of Police Rajeev Krishna, framed as […]
75 Arrests, ₹3.4 Crore Frozen: What Varanasi’s ‘Cyber Vajra’ Drive Reveals About India’s Cybercrime Fight
The Headline Numbers Uttar Pradesh Police’s ‘Cyber Vajra’ enforcement drive in Varanasi has notched up a striking scorecard: 75 alleged cybercriminals arrested across 39 separate cybercrime cases, and ₹3.4 crore in fraud-linked funds frozen along the way. But the more revealing part of the story isn’t the arrest count — it’s where police chose to […]
Inside the Rs 46.16 Lakh WhatsApp Trading Scam: How Surat’s Cyber Cell Is Cracking Down on Fake Investment Rackets
The Case That Sparked This Story The Surat City Cyber Crime Cell recently arrested a 30-year-old man accused of helping move money for an online investment fraud that cost one complainant Rs 46.16 lakh. The playbook, according to officials, was depressingly familiar: the victim was added to a WhatsApp group where “experts” shared share market […]
Fake Insurance Real Money: Inside Mumbai’s ₹17 Lakh Call Centre Fraud Bust
What Happened On July 22, a single complaint filed at Govandi police station in Mumbai cracked open a much larger operation. The complainant told police he’d been contacted by callers claiming to represent HDFC ERGO’s health insurance office, who informed him he was entitled to a “No Claim Bonus” of ₹1,53,825 on his policy — […]
When a Malware Infection Grounds a Fleet: Inside the Nihon Kotsu Cyberattack
What Happened In the early hours of Saturday, July 11, 2026, Nihon Kotsu — Japan’s largest taxi and chauffeur operator, running a fleet of over 8,500 taxis and 2,000-plus hire vehicles across Tokyo and beyond — detected unauthorized external access to its internal systems. The intrusion involved a malware infection. The company’s security telemetry flagged […]
The Anatomy of a ₹2.26 Crore Refund That Never Should Have Landed
An NRI’s e-filing account, a fabricated return, and a network of mule accounts stretching from Panchkula to Karnataka — what the arrest of the alleged kingpin reveals about the gaps in India’s cyber-fraud and tax-refund architecture, and the law now built to close them. ANALYSISARRESTED: DALIP B.R. ALIAS DALIP RAJGODAREMAND: 8 DAYS POLICE CUSTODY 01 […]
Gujarat Cyber Crime Police Bust MP Impersonation Forgery Racket
A 30-year-old accused allegedly built a business out of forged letterheads bearing the names of elected representatives and senior officials Valsad, Gujarat — July 2026 Identity fraud has a new frontier, and it isn’t just bank accounts or Aadhaar numbers — it’s the credibility of elected office itself. Gujarat’s Valsad Cyber Crime Police have arrested […]
Sri Lanka’s Brief Window to Stop Displaced Cyber-Scam Networks
As Cambodia’s scam compounds come under siege, the criminal networks behind them are testing a new island base July 2026 Organized crime rarely disappears under pressure — it relocates. That basic rule is now reshaping the geography of Asia’s online fraud industry. As Cambodia, squeezed by both Beijing and Washington, starts dismantling the fortified compounds […]