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  1. Article · Sep 15, 2026 · Munsif Vengattil

    Indian police to query Google over 500,000 fake Gmail IDs linked to bomb hoax (opens the original)

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    NEW DELHI, Sept 15 (Reuters) - ⁠Indian police will question Google over a lack of safeguards after smashing a criminal ⁠network that set up and managed more than 500,000 fake Gmail accounts to send ‌hoax bomb threats to government offices, a police official told Reuters on Tuesday. India is one of Google's largest markets by users, where the U.S. tech giant is already under scrutiny after authorities found a pattern of criminals misusing its web development ​platform, Firebase, for financial sca

  2. Article · Aug 31, 2026 · Munsif Vengattil

    Meta removes ads for fraud apps posing as porn after India sounds alarm (opens the original)

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    BENGALURU, Aug 31 (Reuters) - Meta ⁠on Monday removed dozens of advertisements after India flagged a pattern of Facebook and ⁠Instagram ads using sexually explicit content to lure users into downloading malware that ‌could steal banking credentials and drain bank accounts. India recorded nearly $2.4 billion in cyber-fraud losses in 2025, government data shows, as scam operators increasingly target the country's digital-payments boom.

  3. Article · Aug 21, 2026 · Munsif Vengattil

    India orders removal of Google Firebase accounts after spotting scam pattern (opens the original)

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    BENGALURU, Aug 21 (Reuters) - India has directed Google to shut ⁠down hundreds of accounts on its Firebase web development platform after finding a pattern of criminals misusing the service to impersonate major banks and defraud people, ⁠according to government notices and a source familiar with the matter. Online scams have become one of India's most pressing law enforcement challenges, with Indians losing ‌nearly $2.4 billion in alleged cyber fraud in 2025, according to government data. For ye

  4. Article · Jul 15, 2026 · Munsif Vengattil

    Exclusive-Files relating to India’s largest nuclear power plant Kudankulam exposed in data breach (opens the original)

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    BENGALURU, July 15 (Reuters) - Ransomware group World Leaks has posted ⁠on the dark web a huge cache of files related to India's largest nuclear plant, including purported blueprints of parts of its facilities and supplier details — information it labelled as coming from Reliance Group. The ⁠Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant, located in the southern state of Tamil Nadu, is the largest of India's seven nuclear plants and central to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's ambitious plans to expand the ‌countr

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