BJP members in PAC flag Aadhaar misuse by ineligible individuals; UIDAI asked to audit databaseBJP members of the Public Accounts Committee raised concerns about ineligible individuals, potentially including infiltrators, obtaining Aa...
17 Jul, 2025, 11.11 PM IST
ID please? MeitY verifies identity verification startupsThe Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) is investigating firms, including Surepass, Digitap, Zoop, and Signzy, over ...
09 Jun, 2025, 06.00 AM IST
Bharti says data leak allegation false, an attempt to tarnish Airtel brandUnverified reports had suggested details of as many as 375 million Airtel subscribers, including their phone numbers, email addresses and A...
05 Jul, 2024, 01.41 PM IST
Cybercriminals extort Rs 15 lakh from female lawyer in Bengaluru after making her strip on cameraBengaluru lawyer extorted Rs 15 lakh by cybercriminals who coerced her to strip on camera for a 'narcotics test'. Perpetrators filmed her n...
09 Apr, 2024, 10.38 PM IST
Cybercrooks impersonate FedEx, extort Rs 15 lakh from lawyer in 36-hour video call scamCybercriminals posed as FedEx employees and law enforcement officers in a 36-hour video call scam, extorting Rs 15 lakh from a lawyer by th...
09 Apr, 2024, 08.35 AM IST
Cybersecurity Co claims data leak of 750 million telecom users, DoT asks telcos for security auditThe cyber intelligence firm, which engages with government cyber security CERT-In, said that the breach came to light on January 23 and as ...
29 Jan, 2024, 10.24 PM IST
Unmasking data thieves, their motivation and dark marketplaceSeveral high-profile breaches have come to light, exposing the personal information of thousands of individuals. The incidents have targete...
12 Nov, 2023, 11.56 AM IST
Cyberattacks on healthcare sector rising, 60% of organisations hit in a year: reportOnly 24% of healthcare organisations were able to disrupt a ransomware attack before the attackers encrypted their data—down from 34% in 20...
03 Nov, 2023, 12.40 PM IST
Opposition, security experts seek answers on ICMR data leakDetails, including Aadhaar number, passport number, name, age, gender and address of 4 lakh citizens, are already uploaded as sample files ...
01 Nov, 2023, 06.01 AM IST
Aadhaar data leak | Personal data of 81.5 crore Indians on sale on dark web: reportThe data breach noticed by Resecurity mentioned that "on October 9, a threat actor going by the alias 'pwn0001' posted a thread on Breach F...
31 Oct, 2023, 05.43 PM IST
Tough rules will hurt Metaverse innovation, say firms, expertsTRAI highlighted in a consultation paper last week the need to take a proactive approach in regulating Metaverse to ensure orderly growth o...
05 Oct, 2023, 06.01 AM IST
Scoop: Razorpay’s ‘reverse flip’ to India; Blinkit delivery disruptions continue in parts of Delhi-NCRFintech major Razorpay is planning to move its holding company from the US to India amidst tightening regulations in the sector. This and m...
09 May, 2023, 11.27 AM IST
Aadhaar: A bit of resin is putting India’s welfare system at riskAadhaar is being very successfully used — by fraudsters. Blame it on ubiquity combined with lax controls. While the unique ID was conceived...
24 Jun, 2022, 09.25 AM IST
View: India can ring-fence itself against cryptocurrency risks by using a unique wallet for every citizenThe global experience with banning cryptos has proven to be ineffective. Due to rising decentralisation of activity, most bans can't be eff...
25 Nov, 2021, 12.23 PM IST
Covid-19 patients' health data being sold on dark webFor example, a Covid patient's blood reports, health history, plasma infusion details are now available on the dark web. They can be access...
13 May, 2021, 10.15 PM IST
Over 1 lakh national IDs of Indians put on dark net for sale: Cyber intelligence firmThe personal data leaked by cyber criminals leads to various nefarious activities such as identity thefts, scams, and corporate espionage.
03 Jun, 2020, 03.26 PM IST
Site which leaked Reliance Jio customer data gets suspended, telco claims data is "safe"The website titled magicapk.com claimed on Sunday it has hacked into Jio database and has made personal details of its users available on t...
10 Jul, 2017, 10.43 AM IST