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Secretariat follows the cases: cybercrime busts, scam-compound takedowns, arrests, and enforcement actions, from Indian state cyber cells to the betting and trafficking networks of Southeast Asia.
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LinkedIn Law Enforcement Data Request: Police & Government Guide (BEC & Employment Scams)
How authorised investigators request LinkedIn member data — submitted through LinkedIn's Kodex portal. Covers the subpoena-vs-warrant ladder (messages and connections need a warrant), preservation, emergency disclosure, and why LinkedIn matters for BEC and fake-recruiter investigations.
Zelle Law Enforcement Requests: How Police Get Zelle Records (Early Warning Services + the Banks)
Zelle has no law-enforcement portal. This guide explains the dual-track legal process U.S. investigators must use: a subpoena to Early Warning Services for network transaction metadata, plus separate legal process served on the sending and receiving banks for account and identity data.
Google & Gmail Law Enforcement Data Request (LERS): Police & Government Guide
How police use Google's LERS portal at lers.google.com: register your agency, the subpoena, court-order and warrant ladder, preservation, and emergencies.
Indian Police Bust Gang Abusing Google Firebase and Hostinger in $4.6 Million Sideloaded Android Malware Scam
A single malicious APK disguised as a Mahanagar Gas utility file led investigators from one victim's drained bank account to 12.4 million intercepted text messages, 111 counterfeit apps, and a six-member ring operating out of Jharkhand, Bihar, and Delhi.
Digital Professionalism in Medicine: What AIIMS’s New Social Media Guidelines Mean for You
By a fellow future doctor, for every MBBS, MD, DM, and MCh student navigating the wards and the web
Indian CERT Moves From Warnings to War Games as Frontier AI Reshapes the Cyber Threat
How CERT-In is protecting Indian Cyberspace the in an era of machine-speed attacks and Mythos
Quantum Sensing Technologies Introduce New Cyber Risks for Australian Organisations
ASD and ACSC primer warns leaders to guard against sensor tampering, data spoofing and supply-chain threats as precision quantum devices move into real-world use — and offers lessons the world can learn
Defence Ministry Opens Doors to Young Talent: Six Professionals to Join India's National Security Mission
The Ministry of Defence invites young experts in international relations, cybersecurity, law, economics and media to serve the nation — a small cohort with an outsized role in shaping India's strategic future.
Kantara Actress Rukmini Vasanth Files Cybercrime Case Over AI-Generated Deepfakes; Three Arrested
Karnataka's Cyber Command says investigators traced a special team to apprehend three accused in a case that has alarmed the film fraternity. AI was used to create objectionable images
India Unveils Four Digital Platforms to Secure Internet Infrastructure as NIXI Marks 23 Years
An AI-powered screening system and a new domain auction portal are among the tools unveiled as the National Internet Exchange of India marks its 23rd anniversary, amid a broader push to secure the country's digital infrastructure.
Google Pay’s merchant KYC bypassed to build nationwide mule networks, Indian police investigation reveals loopholes in customer onboarding
Under the guidance of the SP Nagar, supervision of the CO Kotwali, and leadership of the SHO Kotwali, the Cyber Commando SI Upendra Singh, District Anti-Theft Team Gorakhpur, SI Aditya Kumar Pandey with Kotwali Team, arrested 3 accused, who were involved in bypassing Google Pay's onboarding process.
India’s ED Launches Major Crackdown on Crypto-Enabled Unauthorized Cross-Border Transfers
Cryptocurrency is one of the major risks to any Government of the world, owing to it anonymous and complex nature of 'asset' transfer.