Hyderabad, Feb. 19 -- Mule accounts are the biggest challenge to the law enforcement and bank officials dealing with the growing threat of cyber crime, said cyber crime experts. Industry experts see Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) as the emerging technologies that will play a major role in identifying such accounts.

Despite the Telangana Cyber Security Bureau (TGCSB) being able to recover Rs 183 crore in 2024 which would have otherwise been lost, bankers claim that there is nothing to identify money mules used by cyber criminals until they do a transaction.

A panel discussion on the topic "Mule hunters- tech solutions for money mules" was held on the concluding day of the "Shield 2025 conclave" held at the Hyderab...