In the first initiative of its kind in the city, a social media lab will be set up by the Bengaluru police division to monitor activities on social media platforms such as Facebook and Twitter. The police plan to have the lab up and running in the first quarter of this year. Deputy Commissioner of…
The concept of national security is often defined in excessively narrow terms and taken to simply connote the preservation of territorial integrity and sovereignty of the state. Accordingly, the safeguarding of national security is felt to be largely dependent upon the state’s military capabilities, the efficacy of its internal security system and its ability to…
Filmmaker Kanti Shah, best known for directing Mithun Chakraborty in Gunda (1998), has been arrested. Officals from Santacruz police station arrested Shah following a complaint by an actress who alleged that he had morphed her face and released obscene pictures and videos on the Internet.
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From violence against women in crime novels to decoding the world of prolific Pakistani crime writer Ibn-e-Safi, the inaugural edition of Crime Writers Festival here will touch upon an array of issues shaping contemporary crime writing in India. Promoted by Siyahi, a literature promotion group, the two-day festival beginning this Saturday will be held at…
From violence against women in crime novels to decoding the world of prolific Pakistani crime writer Ibn-e-Safi, the inaugural edition of Crime Writers Festival here will touch upon an array of issues shaping contemporary crime writing in India. Promoted by Siyahi, a literature promotion group, the two-day festival beginning this Saturday will be held at…
Taking cognizance of increasing cybercrimes in the state, Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has decided to grant additional manpower and facility to the cell formed to tackle the menace, besides proposing to set up a regional office of the Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT) in the metropolis.
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Maharashtra’s principal secretary for Information Technology (IT) department, Rakesh Aggarwal, in a recent case, directed six banks, one mobile operator and a card company to pay Rs1.06 crore compensation to victims of online frauds who have been duped over past two years.
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According to findings released by IBM, despite an 50 percent decline in the number of cyber attacks against U.S. retailers, the number of records stolen from them remains at near record highs. IBM Security researchers report that in 2014, cyber attackers still managed to steal more than 61 million records from retailers despite the decline…
Over the period of last one year, the Cyber Crime police station has received around 200 online or e-commerce fraud cases of which 146 cases have been probed and prevented loss of around ` 12 lakh. In an interview with Amresh Parab, Goa Cyber Crime police station in-charge police Inspector RAJESH JOB said the awareness…
Rajesh Aggarwal, Principal Secretary, Information Technology, Government of Maharashtra, who also functions as adjudication officer under Section 45 of the IT Act 2000, recently delivered a landmark judgment that will completely change the way Indian organizations look at cybercrime and will compel them to improve means and mechanisms for protecting their customers from cybercrime. Read…