Cyber Extortion
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Crime
BlackSuit Ransomware Syndicate Taken Down by Global Operation—A Significant Cybercrime Takedown
The Attack Agencies from the United States, Canada, Germany, France, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Lithuania, Ukraine, and Europol seized four…
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ShinyHunters & Scattered Spider Come Together: A New Cyber Extortion Powerhouse
What’s Going On—And Why It’s Important ReliaQuest security researchers have discovered concerning indications of cooperation, including coordinated campaigns that obfuscate…
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Retired Coal India Employee Defrauded of ₹1.1 Crore in Digital Arrest Scam.
Kolkata, August 5, 2025 Bidhannagar Cybercrime Police have detained three young men from Odisha in relation to a ₹1.1 crore…
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A former American soldier admits to participating in a hacking and extortion scheme involving telecom companies.
A former US army soldier stationed in texas Cameron John Wagenius, has pleaded guilty to conspiring to hack into telecommunications…
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Cyber Crime
In the “Digital Arrest” scam, cybercriminals pose as officials and defraud a Mangaluru woman out of over ₹3 crore.
In a startling instance of cyber fraud, con artists impersonating government and police officials used a sophisticated “digital arrest” scam…
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Judiciary Affected by the Digital Arrest Scam: Retired Judge Loses ₹1 Cr Following NSA Threat Call
A sophisticated “digital arrest” scam defrauded a retired Maharashtra judge out of ₹1 crore. A caller posing as a representative…
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