Tag: Cybercrime

Police ask media to protect cybercrime victims’ privacy
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Police ask media to protect cybercrime victims’ privacy

June 22, 2024

Mysore/Mysuru: The City Police Commissione B. Ramesh, has instructed the media to refrain from disclosing the names and addresses of cybercrime victims to safeguard their interests. According to a media release from the Public Relations Officer of Mysuru City Police, there has been a surge in cyber fraud cases recently, resulting in numerous complaints filed…

Funds to fight cybercrimes in Karnataka: Infosys Foundation grants Rs. 33 crore to State Police
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Funds to fight cybercrimes in Karnataka: Infosys Foundation grants Rs. 33 crore to State Police

April 11, 2024

Bengaluru: Infosys Foundation, the philanthropic and CSR arm of Infosys, has announced that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of Karnataka and Data Security Council of India (DSCI), to renew the collaboration for the Centre for Cyber Crime Investigation Training & Research (CCITR) at CID Headquarters, Bengaluru….

Mysureans lost Rs. 14 crore in cyber frauds last year
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Mysureans lost Rs. 14 crore in cyber frauds last year

February 22, 2023

Police ask victims to lodge complaints within two hours after the fraud Bengaluru/Mysuru: Mysuru stands second in cyber frauds committed across Karnataka in 2022 and criminals wiped off Rs. 14.07 crore from the bank accounts of victims within seconds after fraudulent access. Bengaluru topped the State with people losing Rs. 266 crore to cybercrimes. The…

Digital battlefront will be real battle of future
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Digital battlefront will be real battle of future

November 26, 2022

Investigation-oriented forensic audit must become mainstream practice, says cyber security expert Mysore/Mysuru: Forensic audit investigations are important as they help uncover the modus operandi of corporate misdoings such as embezzlement, bribes, extortion, fictitious transactions, kickbacks and conflict of interest, said Sanjay Sahay, Founder and Director, TechConPro Pvt Ltd., Bengaluru. He is a former IPS officer…

Cybercrime surges in city amidst lockdown
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Cybercrime surges in city amidst lockdown

June 29, 2021

2,150 cases reported since the last one-and-a-half-years  By Mohan Kayaka Mysore/Mysuru: Cybercrime in the city has surged amidst Coronavirus lockdown and a closer examination in the jump in cybercrime reveals that criminals have proven effective at exploiting the ongoing crisis. Since the last one-and-a-half-years, 2,150 cybercrime cases have been reported in Mysuru city alone and…

Students discuss Cybercrime at Model UN Conference
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Students discuss Cybercrime at Model UN Conference

March 3, 2020

Mysore/Mysuru:  School of Law, University of Mysore (UoM), Manasagangotri in city had organised a one-day International Model United Nations Conference on ‘Impact of Cybercrimes on International Peace and Security’ at Bahadur Institute of Management Sciences (BIMS) auditorium, Manasagangothri yesterday. The model UN conference had 175 student delegates to symbolically represent members of the United Nations…

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