India ranks first in South Asia for government requests for user data from Big Tech companiesWith a population of 1,402,807,867 in 2021, there were 823,333 accounts specified in requests from 2013 to 2021 from the Indian government....
23 Mar, 2023, 06.45 PM IST
India tops the list of South Asian nations with most data requests from Big Tech firms: reportThe research showed that globally, countries requested more than 6.6 million accounts combined between 2013-2021, while India requested 823...
20 Mar, 2023, 11.45 AM IST
314% increase in cyberthreats in a week in India: ReportThe country ranked third, after Portugal and Thailand, in terms of the most cyberthreats received during the week.
30 Dec, 2022, 03.27 PM IST
Cyberattacks on Indian government intensify, emerges as most targeted entity in 2022The surge can be attributed to the significant increase in hacktivist activity. It accounted for about 9 per cent of the recorded incidents...
30 Dec, 2022, 12.28 PM IST
Now, Proton VPN removes physical servers from IndiaIn a statement to ET, the Switzerland-based company has called the new guidelines, which came into effect at the end of June, "highly regre...
22 Sep, 2022, 08.19 PM IST
After India, US aims to crackdown on VPN service providersThe VPN industry is extremely opaque, and many VPN providers exploit, mislead, and take advantage of unwitting consumers, the lawmakers sai...
18 Jul, 2022, 12.41 PM IST
Indian cyber agency gives VPN providers 3-months breatherThe ministry said the extension was provided after MSMEs, data centres, VPS, VPN, and cloud service providers sought time to “build capacit...
28 Jun, 2022, 08.26 PM IST
Govt bans VPN, cloud services for employeesThe mandate comes just days after ExpressVPN, Surfshark and NordVPN said they would stop offering their services in the country following a...
17 Jun, 2022, 10.05 PM IST
NordVPN to shut VPN servers in India from June 26A company spokesperson said it will be removing its servers on June 26, stating that NordVPN will not be able to guarantee privacy for its ...
14 Jun, 2022, 08.49 PM IST
India 6th on breached users' global list, new CERT-In directive can worsen situationA striking 962.7 million Indian data points have been leaked so far, most of them passwords, names and telephone numbers.
13 Jun, 2022, 06.03 PM IST
MeitY unlikely to relent on six-hour rule of Cert-In despite pushback from industryThe decision of the ministry was conveyed to the industry as well as other stakeholders on Friday at a roundtable meeting chaired by Minist...
11 Jun, 2022, 06.00 AM IST
Cybersecurity norms unlikely to be relaxedThe IT ministry's decision was conveyed to all stakeholders on Friday at a roundtable meeting chaired by Minister of State for Information ...
11 Jun, 2022, 12.16 AM IST
MeitY to discuss new cybersecurity rules with VPN firms on FridayThe consultation is likely to be chaired by Minister of State for Electronics and Information Technology Rajeev Chandrasekhar. It has been ...
10 Jun, 2022, 06.22 PM IST
Surfshark second VPN company to log out of IndiaVirtual private network (VPN) provider Surfshark is shutting down physical servers in India, in response to India's top cybersecurity agenc...
08 Jun, 2022, 06.10 AM IST
ETtech Explainer: What India's new VPN rules mean for your privacyThe new rules would require VPN and cloud providers to store customer data for a period of 5 years or more, risking users privacy.
16 May, 2022, 05.36 PM IST
India defends move to seek VPN user infoET had reported Tuesday that VPN providers such as Surfshark and NordVPN are unlikely to be able to adhere to a new security directive from...
11 May, 2022, 10.28 AM IST
UnCERT-in times for VPN services providers in IndiaIndia has more than 270 million VPN users, who use them to access company networks securely, remain anonymous, access geo-restricted conten...
10 May, 2022, 08.29 AM IST