T-Mobile hacked in massive Chinese breach of telecom networks: reportThe Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the U.S. cyber watchdog agency CISA stated that China-linked hackers intercepted surveillance...
16 Nov, 2024, 08.29 AM IST
Chinese hackers breached US court wiretap systems: ReportChinese hackers breached networks of U.S. broadband providers, including Verizon, AT&T, and Lumen Technologies. They accessed systems used ...
06 Oct, 2024, 12.37 PM IST
Google settles $5-billion consumer privacy lawsuitThe settlement terms were not disclosed, but the lawyers said they have agreed to a binding term sheet through mediation, and expected to p...
29 Dec, 2023, 07.28 AM IST
Meta Platforms must face class action for breaching medical privacy of patientsUS District Judge William Orrick in San Francisco said the plaintiffs could pursue claims that Meta violated a federal wiretap law and a Ca...
09 Sep, 2023, 01.08 AM IST
Sundar Pichai freed from questioning in Google 'Incognito' privacy suitPichai had been ordered in December to sit for a deposition for up to two hours in a case alleging that the technology giant scoops user da...
07 Apr, 2022, 12.23 AM IST
Meta's Facebook to pay $90 million to settle privacy lawsuit over user trackingUsers accused the Meta Platforms Inc unit of violating federal and state privacy and wiretapping laws by using plug-ins to store cookies th...
16 Feb, 2022, 09.11 AM IST
US Supreme Court rebuffs Facebook appeal in user tracking lawsuitThe justices declined to hear Facebook's appeal of a lower court ruling that revived the proposed nationwide litigation accusing the compan...
23 Mar, 2021, 12.40 PM IST
Why Google faces a $5 billion class action lawsuitThe $5 billion class action suit alleges that the tech giant and its parent Alphabet Inc collect user's data by tracking his activity on th...
08 Jun, 2020, 12.01 PM IST
US court agrees to hear Rajat Gupta's plea to stay surrender dateGupta, 63, was sentenced to two years in prison by US District Judge on insider trading charges and was scheduled to begin his prison term ...
29 Nov, 2012, 12.06 PM IST
Insider trading scam: US prosecutors oppose Rajat Gupta's plea to remain free on bailProsecutors have asked a court here to reject the former Goldman Sachs Director's request to remain free on bail pending appeal of his conv...
27 Nov, 2012, 03.34 PM IST
Raj Rajaratnam seeks reversal of conviction in insider trading caseThe Sri Lankan is currently serving an 11 year prison term after being convicted last year of running one of the biggest insider trading sc...
26 Oct, 2012, 04.43 PM IST
- Rajat Gupta: Will circumstantial evidence be enough?
The prosecution of Rajat Gupta is built on circumstantial evidence that may be less persuasive than the wiretaps that sealed the Rajaratnam...
29 Oct, 2011, 06.35 AM IST
- India seeks communication, telecom security pact with US
India is exploring a communications and telecoms security pact with United States, that will enable both countries share and standardize pr...
15 Dec, 2010, 04.57 AM IST
- First arrest made in new insider trading crackdown
The first strike in a new federal offensive to root out insider trading on Wall Street came Wednesday with the arrest of a consulting firm ...
25 Nov, 2010, 12.05 PM IST
- Blocking services won’t resolve security concerns, RIM tells govt
RIM has warned the government that blocking its popular BlackBerry service will not resolve India’s security concerns.
29 Sep, 2010, 02.33 AM IST
- US nails Galleon ex-staff, 13 others in insider-trading case
US prosecutors charged 14 people, including a former employee at the offices of the Galleon Group hedge fund firm, as part of an investigat...
06 Nov, 2009, 02.14 AM IST
- Scandal hits corporate role models
It isn’t often that big blue gets a black eye. But on Friday IBM, the leading US technology firm known for its conservative management.
20 Oct, 2009, 02.31 AM IST