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Vivek Kumar

Vivek Kumar is a full-stack developer and cyber security expert, and the founder and editor of CyberShitty.com. He writes about the data breaches, cyber fraud and exploited vulnerabilities affecting India, working from primary sources: company filings, regulator notices, court records and government advisories.

Severity: Medium · India · Threats

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Aadhaar or PAN leaked in a data breach? How to lock it down and check for misuse

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Severity: Medium · India · Threats

Bank account frozen by cyber police? What to do if you received tainted money without knowing

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Severity: Medium · India · Threats

How to get money back after cyber fraud: the real routes, the odds and 'recovery' scams

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Severity: High · India · Threats

Deepfake investment ads in India: what they are, who has been faked, and how to spot one

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Severity: Medium · India · Threats

Digital arrest scam: how to recognise the call, what to do on it, and what to do if you paid

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Severity: Medium · India · Threats

Phone suddenly shows no service? What to do about SIM-swap and eSIM fraud in India

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Severity: Medium · India · Threats

Festive sale scams: how to spot fake shopping sites, gift links and delivery tricks

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Severity: Medium · India · Policy

Data breach reporting in India: CERT-In's six-hour rule and the DPDP timeline explained

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Severity: Medium · Global · Threats

Infostealer infection: what to do, in the right order

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Severity: Medium · India · Threats

Is this a scam? How to check a phone number, link, app, adviser or UPI ID in India

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Severity: Medium · India · Threats

Harassed by a loan app? How to check a lender first, and where to complain in India

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Severity: Medium · India · Threats

Money on hold after a 1930 complaint? How frozen funds are released back to victims

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Severity: High · India · Threats

Mule accounts: why renting out your bank account can end in arrest

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Severity: Medium · India · Threats

Cyber crime complaint status 'pending'? How to track an NCRP complaint and what to do next

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Severity: High · Global · Threats

Ransomware in August 2026: trackers log a record month as Qilin leads

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Severity: High · India · Threats

Fake job offers, real compounds: how Indians end up trafficked into Southeast Asian scam hubs

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Severity: Medium · India · Threats

Blackmailed after a video call? What to do about sextortion, and how to get the clip taken down

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Severity: Medium · Global · Threats

ShinyHunters emailed me: what to do about an extortion or sextortion threat

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Severity: Medium · India · Threats

Invited to a stock tips WhatsApp group? How to check it before you send a rupee

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Severity: Medium · India · Threats

Lost money in a UPI fraud? What to do in the first hour, and how to complain on 1930

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Severity: Medium · Global · Threats

What to do after a data breach notice, and how to check if your data was exposed

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Severity: High · India · Law enforcement

CBI's Operation Chakra-VI targets the money trail behind India's digital arrest scams

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Severity: Critical · Global · Advisory

Citrix patches two NetScaler zero-days already exploited; CISA sets 30 September deadline

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Severity: High · India · Threats

Digital arrest scams in India: complaints fall, but the Supreme Court and CBI keep up pressure

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Severity: Medium · India · Policy

SIM binding, IMEI crackdown and Sanchar Saathi: where India's telecom anti-fraud rules stand

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Severity: High · Americas · Data theft

AdaptHealth reports 4.1 million patients affected by June data theft

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Severity: High · Global · Incident

Boston Scientific says cyberattack will hit 2026 results as systems are restored

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Severity: High · Americas · Data theft

ATF confirms breach of standalone CALEA system after Qilin claim; leaked files unverified

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Severity: High · EMEA · Incident

CEVA Logistics intrusion halts eight European warehouses and exposes client customer data

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Severity: Medium · India · Policy

Indian cybercrime by the numbers: what NCRP, 1930 and the RBI's 2025-26 report actually show

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Severity: High · India · Data theft

Tata Electronics confirms cyber incident after group leaks alleged Apple and Tesla files

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Severity: High · India · Incident

Bank of Baroda discloses cyber incident as data-leak claims circulate

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Severity: High · India · Incident

Bajaj Auto says ransomware attack led it to pause operations for a few days

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Severity: High · EMEA · Law enforcement

German police dismantle Kratos phishing kit used to hijack Microsoft 365 sessions

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Severity: High · India · Data theft

Reliance confirms partial breach as Kudankulam project files leak; NPCIL says no safety data

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Severity: High · Global · Advisory

Nineteen agencies warn FSB Center 16 is exploiting poorly configured routers worldwide

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Severity: High · Global · Law enforcement

Operation Endgame takes down 326 servers behind SocGholish, StealC and Amadey

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