Bengaluru: India’s IT (Identity Theft) Capital

As Bengaluru accounts for 1212 of the 1685 identity theft cases that were reported in 19 major cities nationwide last year, the city is now dubbed India’s IT (identity theft) capital.

On August 6 of last year, K Muralidhar, the High Court of Karnataka's Public Relations Officer, received some WhatsApp messages urging him to purchase certain gift cards.

The phone number that sent the messages had a picture of the High Court's acting Chief Justice as its "Display Picture." Muralidhar co...

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