Aadhaar Data Breach

Last year, literally hundreds of million of people’s secret and sensitive information were opened and oversimplified, and then collected into various lists from the dark web to be sold. Sustained acts of cybercrime and poor security measures once more resulted to significant violations of privacy in 2018 : the biggest, according to two studies, was of Aadhaar of India.

Haryana Police Leads in Cyber Security

Haryana Police ranked first in the country in preventing cyber fraud in 2024. Haryana Police saved about Rs 268.40 crore from cybercriminals as compared to Rs 76.85 crore in 2023. Thus, three times more money was saved from cybercriminals in 2024 as compared to 2023 and five times more than in 2022, said the Haryana Police in a statement. The DGP said that the police are also taking strict action against cybercriminals and sending them behind bars. In 2022, 2,165 cases were registered against cybercriminals, while in 2023, 2,747 cases and in 2024, 5,511 cases were registered.

Hyderabad, Telangana Cyber security Bureau

Hyderabad, Telangana Cyber Security Bureau (TGCSB) has arrested 165 cyber criminals from across the country during the last six months. This suggests that the operations most probably took place between April 2024 and November 2024. She said that this is the first time since its creation that the bureau has started apprehending accused involved in cybercrimes. These arrested cybercriminals were found involved in 795 cases in Telangana and 3357 cases across the country.

Do Not Panic: India’s Prime Minister warns against ‘digital arrest’ Scams:

Digital Arrest : Digital arrest scams typically involve fraudsters impersonating law enforcement officials or government authorities. The scammers often use sophisticated techniques, including official-sounding language, fake case IDs, and even spoofed phone numbers, to make their claims appear legitimate.
“Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has warned Indians against an emerging online fraud known as "digital arrest".

Twitter Bitcoin Scam

Within minutes from the initial tweets, more than 320 transactions had already taken place on one of the wallet addresses, and bitcoins to a value of more than US$110,000 had been deposited in one account before the scam messages were removed by Twitter. In addition, full message history data from eight non-verified accounts were also acquired. What Happened?

AI Powered Cyber Attacks

• July 2023: Cybersecurity researchers uncover WormGPT, an AI-driven tool designed for malicious cyber activities.
• August 2023: FraudGPT is identified on darknet forums, marketed to cybercriminals for various hacking purposes.
• September 2023: Investigations reveal the widespread adoption of these tools among cybercriminal communities.
• October 2023: Law enforcement agencies and cybersecurity firms issue urgent warnings regarding AI-assisted cyber threats.

Microsoft Server Exchange

•Early 2021: Microsoft detects unusual activity linked to Exchange Server.
• March 2, 2021: Microsoft publicly discloses the attack and releases emergency patches.
• March 5, 2021: The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) issues an urgent directive to patch systems.
• March 12, 2021: Security researchers confirm that over 60,000 organizations were affected. Source: CISA Emergency Directive

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Do Not Painic:Digital Arrest

Digital arrest scams typically involve fraudsters impersonating law enforcement officials or government authorities. Victims are contacted via phone calls, emails, or text messages and are falsely accused of criminal activities.

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Aadhar Data Breach

The World Economic Forum's (WEF) Global Risks Report 2019 adds that the largest data breach was realized in India where the government ID database- Aadhaar-was reported to have been breached multiple times with records of all the 1.1 billion registered citizens being compromised. The database was being sold by criminals for Rs500 for ten minutes in January that year while in March(2018), a state-owned utility company (INDANE) leaked information and anyone could download names and identification number.

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Telangana Cyber Security Bureau

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Haryana Police leads in Cyber Security

Haryana Police ranked first in the country in preventing cyber fraud in 2024. Haryana Police saved about Rs 268.40 crore from cybercriminals as compared to Rs 76.85 crore in 2023.