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cybercrime
Every story Skardu Times has filed on cybercrime, newest first.
Cybercrime agency arrests schoolgirl's alleged blackmailer within 15 minutes
The NCCIA says it has recorded 351 arrests in social media harassment cases, while raids on four call centres in Lahore and Karachi produced 89 more.
No reliable data on child online abuse, HRCP warns
The commission cites a 2025 Muzaffargarh case involving at least 50 children and calls for coordination between police, prosecutors and platforms.
PTA blocks 15,039 suspicious links in online fraud crackdown
Documents given to a Senate committee show 95.75 per cent of 15,706 flagged links were blocked, along with thousands of mobile numbers and devices.
Cyber crime agency holds awareness sessions in Gilgit and three Punjab cities
The sessions, ordered by NCCIA Director General Syed Ali Nasir Rizvi, covered online fraud and cyber harassment, but the agency did not say how many students attended.
Lahore court extends remand in $126m postage fraud case
The NCCIA says Faheem Akram sold more than five million counterfeit US postage labels through LabelsBank.com; a Florida grand jury indicted him in September.
Cybercrime agency warns fake job offers drain bank accounts
The NCCIA says fraudsters advertise overseas jobs that do not exist to collect advance fees and personal documents from applicants.
Skardu man held over abuse videos of his own children
NCCIA says the videos were traded in secret Telegram groups paid in cryptocurrency, and that raids for other network members are continuing in Multan and southern Punjab.
Pakistan approves encrypted phones for senior officials after data theft disclosure
The National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency told a Senate panel that call records, travel histories and family data of officials were stolen and sold.
Gang Selling Officers' Data Abroad Arrested in Rawalpindi
The Senate Standing Committee on IT and Telecom also reviewed a Rs172 billion call centre fraud, misuse of fake SIMs, and inappropriate TikTok content.
NCCIA books PTI leader Junaid Akbar under PECA over Somnath remarks
The FIR cites his TikTok account with 339,500 followers and quotes his threat to turn Islamabad into Somnath ahead of the September 27 march.
Bahawalpur student arrested over alleged AI-assisted poisoning plot
Investigators say the 17-year-old kept a home laboratory and consulted an AI tool after a first attempt on his father failed.
Punjab MPA urges reporting after Jannat Mirza AI fake video
Hina Parvez Butt says women targeted by fabricated content should preserve evidence and contact cybercrime authorities.
NCCIA detains 212 in Islamabad raids on cyber fraud call centres
Officials say three illegal call centres in E-11 and G-10 were targeting victims abroad; agency also reported gaps in national threat monitoring
NCCIA busts network selling call records, NADRA data
Agency told senators that five suspects sold travel history, family trees and geolocation data; separately, 100 arrested in Islamabad raid.
