Hyderabad police's cyber crimes wing arrested a 33-year-old man who, police say, used AI tools to generate morphed, sexually explicit images remixed with religious symbols and posted them on Facebook and Instagram via fake accounts impersonating people of another faith. He was booked under the IT Act and Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and remanded to judicial custody. The accounts had around 1,500 followers.
A fake website bearing NOVA's logo promotes a bogus financial programme, using a manipulated clip of Bulgarian Prime Minister Rosen Zhelyazkov explaining how to make easy money. The Council of Ministers says he never made such a statement and has alerted GDBOP's cybersecurity department; NOVA's unofficial sources say the case is being worked on and the domain is registered in the US.
A video circulating on TikTok shows an AI-manipulated Raffi Ahmad, face and voice included, on a video call telling a would-be victim they have won Rp100 million in a draw, adding advice to give alms, then steering them to WhatsApp, where the scam is suspected to begin. Ahmad warned on Instagram that it was a hoax.
