Cyber defence for India's digital decade — from DPDP boardrooms to the fraud calls reaching every family's phone.
Fifteen States, One Account
A single Indore bank account turns up in cyber-fraud complaints from fifteen states. The stories get the headlines; the mule account is the infrastructure — and Operation Matrix is the first attempt to police it from the account outward.
September 2026
The cover story and this month's fraud watch — from the current issue.
Fifteen States, One Account
Indore's Operation Matrix works a mule account outward: ₹1.5 crore in transactions, complaints from fifteen states, and the least-informed person in the chain under arrest.
Fraud Watch · DeepfakesA chief minister who does not speak Hindi
Tamil Nadu's CB-CID opens a case over an AI-generated video offering financial aid — and the tell was the language, not the pixels.
Fraud Watch · Digital arrest₹2.96 crore, and a man of eighty-two
The losses per case keep rising where victims are old, wealthy, isolated and abroad. The script's one instruction — tell nobody — is the whole scam.
From the India desk
The explainers Indian readers come back to — regulation, fraud, and what to do on Monday morning.
The First Five Things an Indian MSME Should Do
No security team, no budget, and statutory duties anyway. Five measures, in order, that cost almost nothing — and the two clocks already running.
Fraud WatchAnatomy of a "Digital Arrest"
The scam script, step by step — and the ten-minute response plan every family should know. Helpline 1930, before anything else.
DPDP WatchWhat the DPDP Act Actually Requires From Your Company
Consent, breach intimation, Significant Data Fiduciary duties, and penalties up to ₹250 crore — translated into a working checklist.
CERT-InThe Six-Hour Rule: CERT-In Reporting, Explained
Which incidents must be reported within six hours, the 180-day log mandate, and how to build a runbook that survives a real incident.
Global · PracticeHow to Read a Breach Notification
Six questions that pull the disclosure out of the legal language — and why the first number is almost never the last.
Global · PracticeThe Restore You Have Never Tested
Backups are bought; restores are earned. Four properties a backup needs, and four rehearsals worth scheduling this quarter.
The Sentry Briefing — India
One email a week in plain English: new regulation explained, the fraud patterns to warn your family about, and one practical action for your organisation.