Beijing: China on Friday strongly denied cyber attack charges by the US and its allies, accusing Washington of making “unfounded” allegations that the Chinese government was behind global hacking. Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying asked the US to withdraw the accusations “as soon as possible” and not to prosecute suspected[Read More…]
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No advice needed from Odisha BJP says Pitroda
On Saturday, Sam Pitroda lashed out at the Odisha BJP unit for demanding his removal as the Technical Advisor to the state government in the wake of WannaCry ransomware attack. BJP’s state unit Vice-President Samir Mohanty had recently alleged Pitroda of his involvement with the National Herald case, demanding that he[Read More…]
NSG website hacked
The National Security Guard website was hacked on Sunday by a group ‘Alone Injector’. The hacker group defaced the site with an abusive message, targeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi. An image of Police attacking civilians was posted in the homepage with text calling for “Free Kashmir “. Pro-Pakistan slogans were[Read More…]
Congress twitter handle hacked, party blames right-wing hackers
A day after Rahul Gandhi’s twitter handle put out offensive and homophobic comments , the official Twitter handle of Indian National Congress appeared to have been hacked on Thursday morning for a few minutes. A series of abusive tweets were sent out to its 1.8 million followers. Congress Party had[Read More…]
US officials fear Russian cyber attack on election day
US security officials and intelligence agency fear that Russian hackers might launch a huge wave of cyber attacks on the election day. US intelligence warned Russia that any attempt to affect the voting or vote counting next Tuesday would be considered as a serious breach, multiple media reports have said.[Read More…]
Indian-origin teen arrested in US for cyber attack choking 911 lines
An Indian-origin teenager was arrested in the US for carrying out a cyber attack that swamped Arizona’s emergency services with several bogus calls, an incident he claimed was a non-harmful joke gone wrong. Meetkumar Hiteshbhai Desai was taken into custody after the Surprise Police Department, Arizona, notified the Sheriff’s Office[Read More…]