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New Delhi, June 11 (IANS) The Ministry of Home Affairs has issued a fresh advisory warning about the growing misuse of Artificial Intelligence (AI) by cybercriminals to create highly convincing deepfake videos and synthetic identities aimed at compromising financial and digital ecosystems. According to the advisory issued by the National Cybercrime Threat Analytics Unit (NCTAU) under the Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C) of the Home Ministry, cyber fraudsters are increasingly leveragi…

Coimbatore, Jan 6 (IANS) Despite sustained cyber safety awareness campaigns by the Coimbatore city police and the Tamil Nadu government, residents of the city lost a staggering Rs 87.16 crore to cyber fraudsters in 2025, highlighting the growing sophistication of online scams and the challenges faced by law enforcement. According to a release from the city police, the cybercrime wing received 9,960 complaints last year. Of these, 7,779 cases were related to online financial fraud, including phis…