Deepfake video meeting with fake CFO costs company $25.6 mn

IANS | February 5, 2024 11:08 AM

Hong Kong, Feb 5 (IANS) A deepfake video conference call where a digitally recreated avatar of the chief financial officer (CFO) ordered money transfers has cost a multinational company $25.6 million in a first-such scam.

Someshwara temple Shivling desecrated in K'taka

IANS | February 5, 2024 10:18 AM

Uttara Kannada (Karnataka), Feb 5 (IANS) An incident of miscreants desecrating the 'Shivling' in the famous Someshwara Temple in Narabail village in Uttara Kannada district of Karnataka was reported on Monday.

Ex-Union Minister seeks help for over 6cr people duped in Rs 60K cr ponzi scam

IANS | February 4, 2024 11:25 PM

Chennai, Feb 4 (IANS) Former Union Minister and Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) leader Anbumani Ramadoss has called upon the Central and state law enforcement agencies to work together to return the money to the people in the Rs 60,000 crore scam in which Pearl Agrotech Corporation Ltd (PACL) is allegedly involved.