CoWIN data breach: FIR has been registered, MoS IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar tells ParliamentOn June 12, reports had emerged that a bot on the messaging platform Telegram was allegedly returning personal data of Indian citizens who ...
21 Jul, 2023, 08.32 PM IST
Government to probe alleged CoWin data leak, MoS Rajeev Chandrasekhar says not a direct breachCert-In was asked to probe as to how a bot on the instant messaging app Telegram was able to provide details of a person’s vaccination date...
16 Jun, 2023, 11.35 AM IST
Govt's relationship with any social media platform is simply through prism of compliance of laws: MoS ITThe platforms have to respect the Indian laws, the Minister of State for IT and Electronics asserted.
15 Jun, 2023, 04.39 PM IST
View: To be a digital superpower, India needs better defensesIndia's digital public infrastructure has been shaken by claims that the vaccination database, CoWIN, has been hacked. While officials have...
15 Jun, 2023, 06.14 AM IST
Digital Personal Data Protection: Why government should bring it to Parliament in the monsoon sessionIndia needs a robust regulatory data protection framework to counteract consumer mistrust. Sensitive personal information people routinely ...
14 Jun, 2023, 11.27 PM IST
Why do we need unelected 'so-called experts' to run crucial ministries: Chidambaram's dig at Vaishnaw"Why do we need unelected so-called experts to run crucial ministries," Congress leader P Chidambaram asked on Tuesday in an apparent swipe...
14 Jun, 2023, 04.01 PM IST
Here's what cyber-security experts have to say on CoWIN data breachA team of cyber security researchers has claimed that the hacker does not have access to the personal information of the vaccination benefi...
14 Jun, 2023, 03.56 PM IST
Threat actors don't have access to entire CoWIN portal nor backend database: reportAfter the Union health ministry dismissed reports of a data breach on the CoWIN platform, cyber security firm CloudSEK has said that threat...
13 Jun, 2023, 02.42 PM IST
Credit cards overshadow debit card usage; IT headcount may fall in Q1India's digital payments landscape is undergoing a transformative shift as credit cards gain prominence. Recent data from the Reserve Bank ...
13 Jun, 2023, 07.44 AM IST
Govt orders probe after alleged CoWin data leak; SC revives ban on Uber, Rapido bike taxis in DelhiAn alleged data leak on the national vaccination portal CoWin has pushed the government to jump into action and order a probe. The health m...
12 Jun, 2023, 07.50 PM IST
India has built a world-class digital infrastructure: IMFIMF's working paper said that using a digital backbone allowed India to scale its vaccine delivery quickly and overcome challenges such as ...
06 Apr, 2023, 02.11 PM IST
Global banking body lauds India’s digital public infraIn DEPA, data subjects – through a granular data consent system – are expected to control what data they wish to share, with whom and for h...
06 May, 2022, 06.00 AM IST
Registration begins for vaccination for 15-18 age group population in Delhi"We can vaccinate three lakh people daily. Currently, 1-1.5 lakh people are being vaccinated on a daily basis. We can increase the capacity...
01 Jan, 2022, 07.35 PM IST
ETSA nominees for Midas Touch & Startup of the Year; Meesho to raise $550-600MToday's the big day we've all been gearing up for here at ETtech, as The Economic Times Startup Awards (ETSA) 2021 elite jury meets to pick...
24 Sep, 2021, 08.26 AM IST
Ratio of registrations on CoWIN portal to doses administered stands at 6.5: 1: Govt panel chairmanOver 167 million people of the over 1,37 billion population have been administered at least one dose of the vaccine, translating to approxi...
29 May, 2021, 10.24 PM IST
Malicious COVID-19 vaccine SMS that compromises Android phones spreading: Cyber agency"The SMS carries a link that installs the malicious app on Android-based devices, which essentially spreads itself via SMS to victims' cont...
10 May, 2021, 05.23 PM IST
Fitness and meditation apps see increased usage as Indians ease out stressDownloads have gone up by about 50% as physical and mental well-being takes centre stage.
30 Apr, 2021, 08.24 AM IST