Two Indian journalists win Pulitzer Prize for exposing digital arrest cyber fraud

A neurologist was targeted through surveillance labeled as arrest

Anand RK and Suparna Sharma have won the Pulitzer Prize for their reporting in “trAPPed,” which documents how digital surveillance and cyber fraud can escalate into “digital arrest.” Their story centers on a neurologist’s experience of being targeted through online systems and manipulated records, underscoring how scam tactics and monitoring practices are becoming global threats.