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Chhattisgarh BJP’ official website hacked by Pakistani hackers
In another incident related to cyber attack, the official website of the Chhattisgarh BJP unit was allegedly hacked by Pakistan hackers. In the image that the hackers put on the website, it read, “Don’t ever think about Kashmir”, the message further said, “we are ready to give you counterblast in[Read More…]
Hacker steals 18 million user records from Ixigo, CEO denies breach
San Francisco: A hacker who stole close to 620 million user records from 16 websites has struck again, this time breaking into 127 million more records from eight more websites. According to a TechCrunch report late on Thursday, the hacker now has 18 million user records from travel booking site[Read More…]
IBM earns record patents in 2018, India 2nd highest contributor
Bengaluru, IBM inventors from India earned over 800 patents — the second highest contributor to the company’s global record of 9,100 patents in the US in 2018 — with nearly half in the fields of Artificial Intelligence (AI), Cloud computing, cyber security, Blockchain and Quantum Computing. One of the patents[Read More…]
Indian businesses worried over data privacy, cyber security: Dell survey
Terming data privacy and cyber security concerns as biggest barriers to digital transformation, almost half of Indian businesses say they will struggle to meet changing customer demands within five years, a survey by Dell Technologies revealed on Tuesday. The other half of Indian businesses believe they will disrupt rather than[Read More…]
With ‘Digital India’, we are riding a wounded tiger
India needs to put itself in high gear on the road to information sovereignty, or it may trail further behind in the race for dwindling global resources. I see a strange paradox in front of me. The world has never been this safe – the end of the Cold War[Read More…]
India is the third largest source of Wannacry infection, says cyber-security expert
As fear of being attacked by the ransomware, Wannacry, grips the global netizens, Newsd talks to Pukhraj Singh, a renowned cyber-security expert. He played an instrumental role in setting up the cyber-warfare operations centre of the National Technical Research Organisation (NTRO), India’s technical intelligence agency. Singh also helped chart the course[Read More…]
WhatsApp can be hacked with just one photo
Twitter accounts of UNICEF, Forbes, Reuters and others hacked by Turkish govt supporters
Hundreds of Twitter accounts, including media outlets, celebrities, international aid organisations and political entities, appear to be hacked by a group supporting the Turkish government. The tweets from alleged hackers include a swastika, as well as the hashtags ‘Nazialmanya’ (NaziGermany) and ‘Nazihollanda’ (NaziHolland), which refers to the increasing diplomatic tensions between[Read More…]
RBI sets up a committee to review cyber threats
India launches Cyber Swachhta Kendra’
RBI to set up panel on cyber security
Iran Crack Security Team hacks PTI’s official Twitter account
Official Twitter handle of Press Trust of India appeared to have been hacked on Wednesday evening. The news agency has around 1.8 million followers in the verified Twitter account. The Twitter handle was allegedly hacked by ‘Iran Crack Security Team’. And now, @PTI_News hacked… pic.twitter.com/O8a4s8KVKU — Shiv Aroor (@ShivAroor) February[Read More…]
Yahoo Hack: Data stolen from one billion accounts
Yahoo disclosed on Wednesday it had discovered another cyber attack in which data from more than one billion user account was compromised in August 2013, making it the largest cyber security breach in history. “We believe an unauthorized third party, in August 2013, stole data associated with more than one[Read More…]
India, Vietnam sign 12 agreements; pacts to boost IT, defence ties
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday met his Vietnamese counterpart Nguyen Xuan Phuc for one-to-one talks ahead of delegation-level talks. India and Vietnam sign 12 agreements for cooperation in areas, including defence and IT, to boost bilateral ties. Modi said that India will provide $500 million credit line for Vietnam[Read More…]