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Fake Telegram based "Paper Leak" Scam bused by Uttar Pradesh Special Task Force
Police say suspect tricked nursing-exam aspirants in several states by promising leaked question papers on Telegram and charging about ₹2,000 each. Owing to such wide scale abuse of Telegram, India ranks first in data disclosure request from Telegram, with 2734 request sent in Q1 itself.
Platforms as vectors of Discord: How Social Media Intermediaries Enabled Foreign-Sown Anti-Indian Narratives in Singapore
Singapore has taken swift action under the Online Criminal Harms Act, ordering YouTube, Facebook, and X to block 14 posts that spread nativist and xenophobic narratives targeting the Indian community. Investigations revealed the content originated from a China-based platform before being amplified across global social media, falsely claiming that Singapore’s multiracial model is a façade and that stability depends on its ethnic Chinese majority. The posts used derogatory imagery of India
What Is LERS? Law-Enforcement Response Systems, Explained
LERS stands for Law Enforcement Response (or Request) System — the online portals where verified police submit data requests to WhatsApp, Google, Meta, Apple and more. How they work.
Securing WhatsApp and Social Media Against Modern Account Hijacking
Learn how to protect your WhatsApp, Instagram, and Facebook accounts from social engineering and identity-based attacks with essential security steps.
Can the Police Read Your Messages? Inside the 2026 Global Fight Over Encryption
Apple pulled iCloud encryption in the UK, the EU's Chat Control retreated, WhatsApp fights India's traceability rule: inside the 2026 war over encryption backdoors.
A Cybercrime Treaty Born in Russia Just Became Global Law — and Critics Call It a Surveillance Charter
The UN Cybercrime Convention — proposed by Russia, signed in Hanoi, and shunned by the US — is now the first global cybercrime treaty. Rights groups are alarmed.
Clicked the Link? You Pay: Delhi High Court Limits Bank Liability for OTP Fraud
The Delhi High Court (SBI v. Hare Ram Singh) ruled that merely denying you shared an OTP won't make your bank pay: click a phishing link and the loss is yours. SIM-swap is different.
Understanding Supply-Chain Attacks: How One Vendor Breach Cascades
Software supply-chain attacks exploit trusted vendor relationships to compromise thousands of systems. Learn how these breaches work and how organizations adapt.
Law Enforcement Data Requests: Platform-by-Platform LERS Guide
How police and government request user data from WhatsApp, Google, Meta, Apple and Telegram: the LERS portals, preservation vs disclosure, emergencies, and India's MLAT route.
Apple Law Enforcement Portal: Police Data Request Guide (iCloud)
How police request Apple and iCloud data via the Apple Law Enforcement Portal (lep.apple.com): preservation, emergency disclosure, and the warrant rule.
Karnataka HC Holds BSNL Liable for ₹55 Lakh in SIM-Swap Bank Fraud
The Karnataka High Court held BSNL vicariously liable for a 2019 SIM-swap fraud that drained ₹87.7 lakh from a cooperative bank, ordering over ₹55 lakh in compensation.
The 2026 Deepfake Fraud Economy: Why Detection Failed
In 2026, deepfake fraud accounts for 11% of global fraudulent activity. Human visual detection has failed, forcing a transition to continuous authentication.