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CYBER4h ago‘Unavailable in India’: Why are social media posts being blocked amid protests? | ExplainedMeitY’s advisory to Meta, shorter takedown deadlines under amended IT Rules, and platforms’ own enforcement policies have brought renewed scrutiny of how online content is blocked, and what recourse users haveThe Hindu
CYBEROct 23State Bank of India Suffers a Customer PII Data LeakDark Reading
CYBEROct 21State Bank of India Confirms Data Leak After 3,897 Customer Records Found on Dark WebState Bank of India has identified 3,897 customer records containing personal information in a set of about 375,000 records available on the dark web, and it does not yet know where the data came from. The state-owned bank, India's largest, said in a stock-exchange filing dated October 21 that it "has experienced an incident involving the loss of certain data." The count isThe Hacker News
CYBEROct 16After OpenAI’s Australia hack, India’s cyber agency says AI agents breached systemsThe worrying part about CERT-In’s note is that the agency did not name the AI model or the company behind these breachesThe Hindu
CYBEROct 15India Mandates Registered Caller Name Display on 4G and Newer Networks From November 1The Indian government has directed telecom service providers (TSPs) in the country to mandatorily display callers' registered names along with their numbers for incoming calls starting November 1, 2026, in an effort to help people identify calls from unknown numbers and tackle spam or fraudulent calls. To that end, the Department of Telecommunications has issued a circular urging serviceThe Hacker News
CYBEROct 10India’s first cyber Trojan Horse garners eyeballs at security meet in KochiTitled The Trojan Project™, India’s first Cyber Trojan Horse, the 25-feet tall statue of a horse, weighing approximately two tonnes, has been created by artist DaVinci SureshThe Hindu
CYBEROct 10Indian man sentenced in Paris over a global Discord ring accused of abusing childrennewindianexpress · india
CYBEROct 7Why growing trust in digital payments may be leaving Indians more exposed to cybercrimeUPI has become a more trusted and frequently used mode of payment in India; but SPIR 2026 finds a paradox, people who trusted online banking the most and used UPI most often were more likely to have been victims of cybercrime; report shows how fraud networks exploit this trust through deceptive schemes, fake apps and ‘digital arrest’The Hindu
CYBEROct 5The Scam Industry Is Becoming a Big Problem in IndiaAccording to the FBI, American nationals lost around $50 million to one network of online scammers based in India.The Diplomat
CYBEROct 5Indian alleged mastermind of online child abuse ring goes on trial in ParisFrance 24 [en]
CYBEROct 4Bitchat removed from Apple’s India App Store following govt's demand: Jack DorseyBitchat, built by Mr. Dorsey, had come under government scrutiny in July this year as wellThe Hindu
CYBEROct 2Amazon and Flipkart Review Security Cameras Amid Espionage Concerns in India , ETRetailAmazon and Flipkart are reportedly reviewing their security cameras in India due to concerns about potential espionage. This action indicates heightened security awareness among major retailers regarding data and physical security.retail.economictimes.indiatimes.com · India