AIIMS cyberattack: Delhi Police seek details about China, Hong Kong-based IP addresses

The police’s Intelligence Fusion and Strategic Operations unit has asked the Central Bureau of Investigation to get information from Interpol.

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· Dec 19, 2022 · 10:31 am

Delhi’s Safdarjung Hospital says it suffered cyber attack in November

The statement came in the backdrop of an alleged ransonware attack on the AIIMS servers on November 23, which disrupted several patient services.

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· Dec 04, 2022 · 09:21 am

AIIMS says some data restored after cyber attack, services will take time to resume

Police have said that the hospital authorities have received no ransomware demand, even as the attack was earlier suspected to have been made for that purpose.

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· Nov 30, 2022 · 12:24 pm

AIIMS Delhi services hit due to ransomware attack on server

Services such as appointments, admissions, bill and report generation were disrupted since 7 am on Wednesday.

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· Nov 24, 2022 · 09:17 am

Despite global drop in data breaches, India remains among the five worst-hit nations

The country has witnessed leaks of user IDs, credit card information, telephone numbers, email addresses and passwords.

Manavi Kapur, qz.com

· Apr 20, 2022 · 07:30 pm

Hacker demands Rs 57 crore from Oil India Limited after planting malware in computers

An first information report has been lodged in Assam.

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· Apr 13, 2022 · 08:00 pm

A hacking competition may have given China new ways to spy on the Uyghurs

With state-backed hacks on the rise, the suggestion that the Tianfu Cup is feeding the country new ways to perform surveillance is concerning.

Chaminda Hewage, The Conversation

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Elochukwu Ukwandu, The Conversation

· May 25, 2021 · 11:30 pm

US-based chipmaker Intel hacked, 20 GB of confidential files, intellectual property leaked online

The anonymous hacker claimed on Twitter and Telegram that more disclosures would come soon.

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· Aug 07, 2020 · 10:35 am

NGO Internet Freedom Foundation calls WhatsApp security breach reports ‘scary’, questions government

The foundation called for surveillance reform and asked the Centre to refrain from using spyware for policing and security.

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· Oct 31, 2019 · 07:58 pm

IT ministry asks WhatsApp for response after Indians targeted in spyware attack

The ministry asked the Facebook-owned messaging platform to reply to its notice by November 4.

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· Oct 31, 2019 · 04:49 pm

Israeli spyware used to spy on Indian journalists and activists, confirms WhatsApp

WhatsApp refused to divulge details of those targeted in India but reports said over 20 people were under state-of-the-art surveillance for two weeks in May.

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· Oct 31, 2019 · 09:23 am

After Amitabh Bachchan, singer Adnan Sami’s Twitter account gets hacked

The cyber attack was carried out by the same Turkish group that had hacked Bachchan’s Twitter account on Monday.

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· Jun 11, 2019 · 07:55 pm