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SC asks MeitY to examine PIL seeking recovery or destruction of stolen personal data of citizensThe Supreme Court has asked the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology to examine a PIL seeking a robust mechanism to retrieve ...19 May, 2026, 01.34 PM IST- Germany plans 'active cyberdefence' as online attacks riseGermany is developing active cyberdefence to counter increasing online attacks. New laws will allow security services to strike back at att...12 May, 2026, 06.04 PM IST
- Universities around the world scramble after cyberattack disrupts student portalsA significant cyberattack on the Canvas learning platform has disrupted academic operations at numerous universities across the US, Austral...08 May, 2026, 10.27 AM IST
- Canvas Hack: Why are students grateful and happy as massive outage leaves universities across US strandedMajor US universities, including Harvard and Stanford, experienced a Canvas platform outage on May 7, 2026, following a cyberattack claimed...08 May, 2026, 09.31 AM IST
- ‘Pay or Leak’: How ShinyHunters hacked into Instructure’s Canvas platform leaving universities across US cluelessA major cyber attack by ShinyHunters has crippled Instructure Canvas, the learning platform used by several universities including Harvard ...08 May, 2026, 09.29 AM IST
- Canvas hacked, outage, down, data breach: When will Canvas be back up after ShinyHunters threaten to release stolen dataShinyHunters group warned that it would release all stolen data of Canvas if schools did not make contact by May 12. The message included a...08 May, 2026, 04.43 AM IST
- From May 1, CBI notices to carry QR code to verify genuinenessThe Central Bureau of Investigation is launching a new system to fight cybercriminals. From May 1, CBI notices will feature a special QR co...20 Apr, 2026, 10.01 PM IST
- Digital arrest scams: CBI to launch chatbot to help people verify notices issued to themThe CBI is launching a new AI chatbot named Abhay on Monday. This tool will help citizens verify the authenticity of notices they receive. ...19 Apr, 2026, 03.48 PM IST
- Data heist of the century? Hacker claims to steal top-secret files from China supercomputer - data up for saleThe China supercomputer data breach is shaking global cybersecurity circles with one shocking number. More than 10 petabytes of allegedly s...10 Apr, 2026, 07.53 PM IST
- Man held for 'extortion' bid targeting IUML leader's relativePolice arrested Muhammad Roshan in Perinthalmanna for attempting to extort Rs 15 crore. Roshan allegedly threatened to circulate defamatory...30 Mar, 2026, 10.15 AM IST
- Jealous boyfriend turns cyber villain: How a petty feud over a girl dragged Delhi & Bengaluru police into terror panicA personal grudge between two young men escalated into a national security alarm, involving the Delhi and Bengaluru Police Commissioners. A...10 Dec, 2025, 12.15 PM IST
- IRDAI’s new norms on cyber insurance for individuals cover online theft of funds, identity, social mediaThe Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (Irdai) has underlined the need for cyber insurance by citing the increase in d...09 Sep, 2021, 06.51 PM IST
- Nagaland Police sets up Anti-Extortion Cells in all districts of the stateAddressing the first day of the state assembly he said that the general law and order situation in the State has remained largely peaceful ...13 Feb, 2021, 12.13 AM IST
- In times of Covid, firms rush to get cybersecurity coverLeading insurance companies have introduced identity theft, cyber bullying, malware intrusion and cyber extortion in their policies and sai...29 Jun, 2020, 10.29 AM IST
- Now buy cyber insurance policy for Rs 3 a dayThe policy offers comprehensive protection against cyber risks and frauds carried out from any device and from any location worldwide.04 Sep, 2018, 05.12 PM IST
- Bajaj Allianz General Insurance launches Cyber Safe Policy for individualsBesides financial loss, the policy also provides coverage for expenses incurred on counselling services treatment, claim for damages agains...02 Nov, 2017, 05.04 PM IST
- Hackers target wealthy for cyber extortionWith cyber criminals keeping tabs on the social media footprint of the well-heeled, you may be at risk of virtual extortion.04 Apr, 2016, 11.51 AM IST
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