{
  "id": 13224205,
  "title": "Mumbai Cybercrime Cases Rise 44 Per Cent In 8 Months; Police Register 4,254 Cases",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/09/mumbai-cybercrime-cases-rise-44-per-cent-in-8-months-police-register",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-09T21:45:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/mumbai/mumbai-cybercrime-cases-rise-44-per-cent-in-8-months-police-register-4254-cases"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Mumbai experienced a 44% increase in cyber-crime cases from January to August 2026 compared to the same period in 2025, according to the city police's statistics. The police registered a total of 4,254 cyber-crime cases, with the majority (2,283) related to online cheating. Other prominent categories included credit/debit card online fraud (1,020 cases), hacking (202 cases), and phishing/MIM attack/spoofing mail (151 cases). Only 1,121 cases were detected, resulting in the arrest of 794 individuals. Last year's cyber-crime cases stood at 2,948 during the same period.",
  "summary": "Mumbai, October 9, 2026: There is an increase of over 44 per cent in the registration of cyber-crime cases between January and August this year in the city, compared with the cases registered last year during the same period, statistics provided by the city police have revealed. The city police registered 4,254 cyber-crime cases this year, with the maximum cases being related to credit/debit card…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}