Cyber Security
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Over 5 million Indian online accounts breached in 2023: Report
India was placed in the fifth position on the list of countries that suffered the most data breaches.
Scroll Staff
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Leaked files show Chinese firm may have hacked Indian immigration data: Reports
The agency also appears to have information obtained from the 2018 breach of India’s Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation.
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Aadhaar details, phone numbers of nearly 75 crore Indians put up for sale, claims cybersecurity firm
The threat actors selling the data allegedly obtained the data through ‘vulnerabilities in government databases or telecommunication systems’, said CloudSek.
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Trending
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‘We are living in perpetual fear’: Prajwal Revanna video leaks spark panic among women in Hassan
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The BJP wants an Opposition-free Gujarat. But some are putting up a fight
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Start the week with a film: Why ‘Manjummel Boys’ was a blockbuster
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Readers’ comments: Article on South Asia’s view of India is ‘horribly biased’
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‘Knowing we’re mortal gives us purpose’: Nobel laureate Venki Ramakrishnan on his new book
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Delhi Police arrests four for ICMR data leak
The arrested persons claimed to have stolen data from the Federal Bureau of Investigation of the US and Pakistan’s Computerised National Identity Card too.
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India saw three online account breaches per minute in third quarter of 2023, says study
The country had the tenth most breached accounts in the world between July and September, a study by cybersecurity company Surfshark showed.
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Stolen fingerprints, empty bank accounts: How customers are paying for gaps in Aadhaar
A series of similar frauds have involved the misuse of stolen biometric details to steal money using the Aadhaar payments system.
Divya Aslesha & Zafar Aafaq
Video
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Watch: South Korean band performs Rabindra Sangeet accompanied by traditional Korean instruments
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Watch: This man fused hip-hop with Bharatnatyam to dance to Shakira’s ‘Hips Don’t Lie’
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Watch: Comedian hilariously mimics different types of announcements at railway stations
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Eco India: A new buzzword for a protein rich animal feed: Insect farming
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Eco India, Episode 259: How future-proof innovations can revolutionize the way we protect nature
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Canada bans TikTok from government devices citing cyber security concerns
Employees of the US federal government and European Commission have also been banned from using the application, which is owned by Chinese firm ByteDance.
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Has Twitter failed Cybersecurity 101? An expert examines a whistleblower’s claims
Peiter ‘Mudge’ Zatko alleged that the platform did not have a robust plan to protect user data or deploy internal controls to guard against insider threats.
Richard Forno, The Conversation
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Akasa Air says some of its customer data was accessed by hackers
Names, gender, email addresses and phone numbers of the passengers were obtained, the airline said.
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The Reel
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Watch: Manoj Bajpayee’s hundredth movie ‘Bhaiyya Ji’ is a revenge drama
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Start the week with a film: Why ‘Manjummel Boys’ was a blockbuster
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How actor Shahana Goswami flies under the radar and above the competition
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‘Presumed Innocent’ trailer: Jake Gyllenhaal plays a lawyer accused of murdering his lover
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‘Lampan’ trailer: Marathi series is based on Prakash Narayan Sant’s stories
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These are the top five dangerous cybercriminal organisations that are holding the world to ransom
Understanding who these groups are and what they want is critical to taking them down.
Roberto Musotto, The Conversation, Brianna O'Shea, The Conversation & Paul Haskell-Dowland, The Conversation
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Air India servers hacked, data of 45 lakh passengers leaked
The data that has been compromised include names, credit card details, date of birth, contact information and ticket details.
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Cyber threat: Transport ministry tells highways authorities, auto makers to strengthen IT systems
The directive followed a Cert-In alert regarding ‘targeted intrusion activities directed towards Indian Transport sector with possible malicious intentions’.
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The Field
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IPL 2024: Suryakumar Yadav’s unbeaten ton helps Mumbai secure much-needed win over Hyderabad
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India tour of Bangladesh: Visitors register commanding win in rain-affected fourth T20I
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Table Tennis, Saudi Smash: Manika Batra stuns world No 2 Wang Manyu; Desai-Ghorpade beat fifth seeds
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Boxing, Asian U22 & Youth C’ships: Brijesh Tamta, Aryan Hooda shine as India bag five gold medals
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Olympics, Athletics: India’s men’s and women’s 4x400m relay teams make the cut for Paris Games 2024