The Cyberabad police arrested seven persons who were illegally trading with the data of around 16 crore Indians after obtaining it through several backdoor channels
Seven persons were arrested even as more persons are likely to be rounded up for allegedly obtaining personal and sensitive database of nearly 16.8 crore citizens including defence personnel, students and others, fraudulently
According to the Cyberabad Police, the suspects were collecting confidential data of credit card customers either from bank executives or from employees working in third-party companies
The investigators suspect the mobile number database of 3 crore individuals was leaked from telecom service providers and which could be used for committing various crimes
Cyberabad Special Operations Teams along with the local police are conducting surprise checks at farm houses and booking cases against those found involved in illegal activities
Cybercrime needs to become a matter of family conversation at every home and among friends, says Ritiraj, DCP (Cybercrime Wing) Cyberabad Police, in a chat with Telangana Today
Around 650 cyber fraud cases pertained to investment fraud with the amount lost said to be around Rs 22.60 crore followed by 672 cases of customer care fraud (Rs 5.6 crore) and 572 cases of advertisement fraud (Rs 4.90 crore)
Perhaps for the first time in the city, an in-house library was opened at Sanathnagar police station after a sixth grade student wrote a letter to Cyberabad Police Commissioner
Cyberabad Special Operations Team raided two pubs and arrested four persons on charges of allowing customers below the legal permissible age and also running business without valid licence.
Cyberabad Special Operations Team raided 33 farm houses and caught the staff of three farm houses on charges of illegally allowing guests to consume liquor
