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Alice Guo, who pretended she was a Filipina, recruited foreign nationals to carry out online scams, say prosecutors. A court in the Philippines has sentenced a Chinese woman – who became a local mayor while masquerading as a Philippine citizen – and seven others to life in prison on human trafficking charges, a state prosecutor…
Former German chancellors Angela Merkel and Olaf Scholz are reported to have been on alleged hitlist of supect ‘Martin S’. Published On 11 Nov 202511 Nov 2025 Click here to share on social media share2 Share German police have detained a suspect accused of running a darknet platform that called for prominent politicians to be…
US Treasury accuses Pyongyang of stealing $3bn in digital assets to finance its nuclear weapons programme over three years. Published On 6 Nov 20256 Nov 2025 Click here to share on social media share2 Share North Korea has denounced the latest United States sanctions targeting cybercrimes that the US says help finance its nuclear weapons…
The South Korean nationals were returned from Cambodia after being held for alleged links to “pig butchering” scams. Published On 20 Oct 202520 Oct 2025 Click here to share on social media share2 Share South Korean police are seeking to arrest dozens of suspects who have been deported from Cambodia over alleged links to so-called…
SAN FRANCISCO: A US judge has granted an injunction barring Israeli spyware maker NSO Group from targeting WhatsApp users but slashed a $168 million damages award at trial to just $4m. District Judge Phyllis Hamilton ruled on Friday that NSO Group’s behaviour fell short of a “particularly egregious” standard needed to support the jury’s calculations…
The judge ruled NSO caused ‘irreparable harm’ to Meta, but said an earlier award of $168m in damages was ‘excessive’. Published On 18 Oct 202518 Oct 2025 Click here to share on social media share2 Share A United States judge has granted an injunction barring Israeli spyware maker the NSO Group from targeting WhatsApp users,…
South Korea has banned citizens from going to parts of Cambodia amid growing concerns over the country’s scam industry. Dozens of South Korean nationals who had been detained in Cambodia for alleged involvement in cyberscam operations have been returned home and placed under arrest, according to South Korean authorities. Officers arrested the individuals on board…
The sharp rise in cybercrime has been driven largely by cases under Section 66D (‘cheating by personation using a computer resource’), especially in Karnataka. According to government data, cybercrimes such as fake job offers, online investment frauds, fraudulent social media profiles, and impersonation scams have surged in recent years. The increase is most pronounced in…
Revolutionary guards say suspects apprehended in northeastern Iran as materials for making weapons are also seized. Published On 30 Aug 202530 Aug 2025 Iran has arrested eight people suspected of attempting to transmit the coordinates of sensitive sites and details about senior military figures during the country’s 12-day war with Israel and the United States…
Two techies from the city were duped of ₹2.2 crore in total by cyber fraudters in investment scams. Cybercrime police are now probing both cases and trying to track down the accused by following the money trail. In the first case, 31-year-old Tanmay Mukherjee, a software engineer from Whitefield, lost ₹1.31 crore when he started…
