New Delhi: Famous French security researcher, who goes by the name of Elliot Alderson, claimed on Wednesday that identity data of nearly 9,000 people who logged into the Jharkhand government’s portal is available in the open. In a series of tweets from his handle @fs0c131y, Alderson said the website is[Read More…]
Tag: Data Leak
Data of millions of Jio customers leaked online
In what can be termed as the biggest case of online data breach in the country, Reliance Jio customer data has been leaked online on a website called “Magicapk.” Reliance Jio said prima facie that the data seemed to be unauthentic and it was investigating the “unverified and unsubstantiated claims[Read More…]
Did you know that your router could secretly leak sensitive data?
Scientists have demonstrated that it is possible to secretly draw off sensitive files, passwords or other critical data from any common router. The researchers at the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) in Israel explained how functionality light-emitting diodes (LEDs) can be quietly overridden by malware they developed (code named[Read More…]
Navy Chief says Scorpene leak took place in France
Indian Navy Chief Admiral Sunil Lanba said on Saturday that primary investigations suggest the Scopene data leak took place at the Direction des Constructions Navales Services (DCNS) office in France and not from India’s side. Speaking at the launch of the Mormugao destroyers in Mumbai, Lanba said that a high-level[Read More…]
Submarine leak: Ex-officials say leak “not surprising”
Officials who have been previously associated with the Scorpene submarine project say that the leak of key documents “is not too surprising.” The project worth more than Rs 20,000 crore had been embroiled in controversies, from delay to allegations of kickbacks and now this massive data leak. The officials say[Read More…]