'Who let this happen?': Karti Chidambaram slams govt after alleged CoWin data breach
1 year, 6 months ago

'Who let this happen?': Karti Chidambaram slams govt after alleged CoWin data breach

Hindustan Times  

Congress MP Karti Chidamabaram on Monday demanded answers from union Information Technology minister Ashwini Vaishnaw after reports that private details of 'all' vaccinated Indians stored on the government's CoWIN platform had been hacked and leaked online. Why is Government of India sitting on a data protection law?” Congress MP Karti Chidambaram Earlier today, in a lengthy Twitter thread, Trinamool Congress leader Saket Gokhale shared screenshots of an unidentified Telegram account allegedly sharing personal information of political leaders and journalists, including Chidambaram's father and ex-union minister P Chidambaram, as well as those of union health ministry secretary Rajesh Bhushan and Rajya Sabha deputy chairman Haribansh Narayan Singh and Gokhale's colleague Derek O'Brien. Gokhale also alleged that details of journalists Rajdeep Sardesai, Barkha Dutt, Dhanya Rajendran and Rahul Shivshankar were exposed in the 'major data breach'. "There has been a MAJOR data breach of Modi government where personal details of ALL vaccinated Indians including their mobile numbers, Aadhaar numbers, passport numbers, Voter ID, details of family members, etc.

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TMC blasts Modi govt after 4 held for selling personal data on dark web: 'Why lying in Parliament?'
1 year ago

TMC blasts Modi govt after 4 held for selling personal data on dark web: 'Why lying in Parliament?'

Hindustan Times  

Trinamool Congress MP Saket Gokhale on Monday accused the Narendra Modi-led government at the Centre of providing false information in Parliament regarding the security of Aadhaar data. The personal data, including Aadhaar and passport details, was reportedly leaked from the data bank of the Indian Council of Medical Research and put up for sale on the dark web. Congress MP …

ICMR Data Leak: 4 Nabbed For Selling Info On Dark Web for 'Quick Money'
1 year ago

ICMR Data Leak: 4 Nabbed For Selling Info On Dark Web for 'Quick Money'

News 18  

Delhi Police has arrested four people in connection with the Indian Council of Medical Research data leak case. The move came around two months after Central probe agencies found personal details of over 81 crore Indians were leaked from the data bank of ICMR and put on sale on the dark web. Earlier this year, the Delhi police had taken …

How safe is our personal health data with the Indian government? | In Focus podcast
1 year, 1 month ago

How safe is our personal health data with the Indian government? | In Focus podcast

The Hindu  

Just about a month ago, Rescurity, an American cyber security firm, said that personal information of 815 million Indians was being sold on the dark web. The All India Institute of Medical Sciences – AIIMS in Delhi has also been hit by cyber attacks – in one ransomware case, the hackers took over the servers, encrypted the data, and made …

U.S. cyber security firm indicates data breach sourced from ICMR
1 year, 2 months ago

U.S. cyber security firm indicates data breach sourced from ICMR

The Hindu  

The Central Government is yet to respond to reports about the American cyber security and intelligence agency Resecurity’s alert on the alleged data leak of over 81 crore Indians Aadhaar and passport information along with names, phone numbers and addresses with the Indian Council of Medical Research. ICMR has faced multiple cyber-attack attempts since February, and the latest alleged breach …

Today’s Cache | India’s Personal Data Protection Act weakens RTI; Google hit with copyright lawsuit; Microsoft unbundles Teams to avert fines
1 year, 4 months ago

Today’s Cache | India’s Personal Data Protection Act weakens RTI; Google hit with copyright lawsuit; Microsoft unbundles Teams to avert fines

The Hindu  

India’s Personal Data Protection Act weakens RTI Activists have long warned of dilution of the Right to information and with the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, of 2023, the qualified prohibitions to certain right to information to be kept secret have turned into total prohibitions. The lawsuit, alleging copyright violations, was filed by the Danish Media Association a year after …

Personal Data Protection: How India's Law Looks Compared to EU's Regulations
1 year, 4 months ago

Personal Data Protection: How India's Law Looks Compared to EU's Regulations

The Quint  

DPDPA seeks “to provide for the processing of digital personal data in a manner that recognises both the right of individuals to protect their personal data and the need to process such personal data for lawful purposes and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto,” as mentioned at the beginning of the legislation. In August 2017, when the nine-judge bench …

Indians raise concerns over data compromises by govt and telcos: Report
1 year, 5 months ago

Indians raise concerns over data compromises by govt and telcos: Report

India TV News  

Ahead of the expected tabling of the Digital Personal Data Protection bill in Parliament on August 3, a new report highlights the concerns of Indian citizens regarding data breaches. Among those who believed their personal data had been leaked, 72% mentioned their mobile numbers, 63% cited email addresses, 53% referred to Aadhaar numbers, and 50% indicated PAN card numbers. Regarding …

Telugu Desam raises alarm over AP people's data in YSRC hands'
1 year, 5 months ago

Telugu Desam raises alarm over AP people's data in YSRC hands'

Deccan Chronicle  

TIRUPATI: The Telugu Desam party has raised its concern over the likely “misuse” of people's data by the ruling YSR Congress party for political purposes. These companies have their data storage centre in Hyderabad; meaning they are storing AP's data in Telangana.” They said the IPAC team openly advertised its involvement in this data mining process. Interestingly, Unicorn shares an …

Police arrest man, detain minor in Bihar over CoWIN data ‘leak’
1 year, 6 months ago

Police arrest man, detain minor in Bihar over CoWIN data ‘leak’

Hindustan Times  

A man was arrested and a boy detained by the Delhi Police on Thursday in connection with the purported leak of CoWIN data, people familiar with the matter said, adding that the juvenile was the son of a healthcare worker whose credentials were abused to gain access. The disclosures prompted criticism from experts and Opposition leaders, but the government denied …

CoWIN data breach | 1 held, minor detained
1 year, 6 months ago

CoWIN data breach | 1 held, minor detained

The Hindu  

The Delhi police’s special cell on June 22 said it had arrested a man from Bihar and apprehended another juvenile for their involvement in the alleged data leak on CoWIN, the Union government’s web platform for registering COVID-19 vaccine doses. Regarding the arrest, a senior police officer said the accused, 21, who completed a bachelor’s degree in technology, is a …

CoWIN portal data leak: Delhi police arrest Bihar man and minor
1 year, 6 months ago

CoWIN portal data leak: Delhi police arrest Bihar man and minor

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: A man from Bihar was arrested and a juvenile was apprehended in connection with their involvement in the alleged data leak from CoWIN portal, officials said on Thursday.The man is alleged to have used a Telegram app to leak the data, they said. There have been claims about a breach of data of citizens registered on the CoWIN …

CoWIN data 'leak': Two, including a juvenile, apprehended
1 year, 6 months ago

CoWIN data 'leak': Two, including a juvenile, apprehended

India TV News  

CoWIN data leak : A man was arrested and a juvenile was apprehended from Bihar in connection with their involvement in the alleged data leak from CoWIN portal, officials said today. There have been claims about a breach of data of citizens registered on the CoWIN platform, and opposition parties have asked the government to take deterrent action. The government …

Explained | What does the alleged CoWIN data leak reveal?
1 year, 6 months ago

Explained | What does the alleged CoWIN data leak reveal?

The Hindu  

The story so far: On June 12, reports emerged that a bot on the messaging platform Telegram was allegedly returning personal data of Indian citizens who registered with the COVID-19 vaccine intelligence network portal for vaccination purposes. On the same day, the Health Ministry denied reports of a data breach, and said the allegations were “mischievous in nature.” It added …

Trinamool Congress MP Derek O'Brien files FIR over CoWIN data breach report
1 year, 6 months ago

Trinamool Congress MP Derek O'Brien files FIR over CoWIN data breach report

India Today  

Trinamool Congress MP Derek O’Brien has filed a police complaint over reports of a leak of confidential and sensitive data stored on the CoWIN portal, leading to breach of privacy. In the complaint filed at the Lalbazar Cyber Police Station in Kolkata, the Trinamool leader said: “A deep-rooted conspiracy is at play which involves high-ranking public servants, government authorities and …

DC Edit | CoWIN data leak breach of trust, must be probed
1 year, 6 months ago

DC Edit | CoWIN data leak breach of trust, must be probed

Deccan Chronicle  

Media reports of a purported breach of crucial data of most, if not all the, beneficiaries, meaning most of the Indians citizens who got vaccinated for Covid, or nearly a billion-odd people, are not only unfortunate if found to be true, but also raise a serious issue concerning the trust of all citizens sharing any data with the government across …

CoWIN data leak | No CERT-in update yet; experts demand transparency
1 year, 6 months ago

CoWIN data leak | No CERT-in update yet; experts demand transparency

The Hindu  

The Indian Computer Emergency Team, the nodal cybersecurity agency that deals with incidents like breaches and vulnerabilities in cyberspace, has not directly put out any update on its assessment of the apparent breach of personal information of people who received vaccinations, registered on the Union government’s CoWIN platform. The only information from CERT-in so far comes from Minister of State …

CoWIN data leak from a non-governmental database operated by threat actor, says Union Minister
1 year, 6 months ago

CoWIN data leak from a non-governmental database operated by threat actor, says Union Minister

The Hindu  

The alleged data leak of COVID-19 vaccination beneficiary details is assumed to have happened from a non-governmental database, which might have been populated by a threat actor running the telegram bot which released the leaked data, Union Minister of State for Electronics and Information Technology Rajeev Chandrasekhar has said. In an interview to The Hindu here on Tuesday, he said …

CoWIN breach didn’t have access to entire portal nor the backend database, says report
1 year, 6 months ago

CoWIN breach didn’t have access to entire portal nor the backend database, says report

The Hindu  

The Covid Vaccine Intelligence Network data breach “didn’t have access to the entire portal nor the backend database,” concluded an analysis done by CloudSEK, a contextual AI company that works in cyber security. The report further notes that CloudSEK’s contextual application programming interface digital risk platform XVigil discovered a threat actor advertising a Telegram bot that offered personally identifiable information …

Cowin app or database not appear to have been directly breached: Rajeev Chandrasekhar
1 year, 6 months ago

Cowin app or database not appear to have been directly breached: Rajeev Chandrasekhar

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: Amid reports of alleged breach of data on the CoWIN platform, Union Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar on Monday asserted that it does not appear that Cowin app or database has been directly breached, and added that Indian Computer Emergency Response Team immediately responded and reviewed the matter. "With reference to some alleged Cowin data breaches reported on social media, …

Centre says CoWin portal completely safe, dubs reports of leak ‘mischievous’
1 year, 6 months ago

Centre says CoWin portal completely safe, dubs reports of leak ‘mischievous’

Hindustan Times  

The Centre on Monday said the CoWin portal of health ministry is completely safe with safeguards for data privacy, rejecting media reports that the data of all vaccinated Indians had been ‘leaked online’. Referring to media reports which claimed that the data of beneficiaries who received Covid-19 vaccination in the country, the government said they were without any basis and …

No data breach in CoWIN: Govt
1 year, 6 months ago

No data breach in CoWIN: Govt

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: Amid reports of an alleged breach of data on the CoWIN platform, the Centre on Monday said these reports were “without any basis” and “mischievous in nature”, and that the matter has been reviewed by the country’s nodal cyber security agency CERT-In. The CoWIN portal is completely safe and has adequate safeguards for data privacy, the Union health …

CoWIN vaccination data out, Centre denies breach
1 year, 6 months ago

CoWIN vaccination data out, Centre denies breach

The Hindu  

The Health Ministry on Monday said reports of data breach of beneficiaries who received COVID vaccination are “without any basis and mischievous in nature.” It said the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team had been asked to investigate the issue and submit a report. “It does not appear that CoWIN app or database has been directly breached,” tweeted Rajeev Chandrasekhar, Union …

CoWIN doesn't collect date of birth, address: Govt sources on alleged data breach
1 year, 6 months ago

CoWIN doesn't collect date of birth, address: Govt sources on alleged data breach

India Today  

CoWIN, the Covid-19 vaccination registration portal, does not collect any personal details of an individual, including date of birth and address, government sources said on Monday. The development came after opposition leaders claimed a major privacy breach on the CoWIN portal wherein personal details of vaccinated people, including their mobile numbers, Aadhaar numbers, Passport numbers, Voter IDs and details of …

Personal info of those vaccinated leaked from CoWIN portal, claim opposition leaders
1 year, 6 months ago

Personal info of those vaccinated leaked from CoWIN portal, claim opposition leaders

India Today  

Trinamool Congress spokesperson Saket Gokhale on Monday took to Twitter to allege a "major privacy breach by the Modi government" through the Covid-19 vaccination app CoWIN, claiming that "personal details of all vaccinated Indians have been leaked and are freely available". The list of such opposition leaders, according to his tweet, included Rajya Sabha MP and TMC Leader Derek O'Brien, …

Got Covid vaccine through CoWIN? A Telegram bot is leaking your phone number, Aadhaar and DoB to everyone
1 year, 6 months ago

Got Covid vaccine through CoWIN? A Telegram bot is leaking your phone number, Aadhaar and DoB to everyone

India Today  

In one of the most significant data breaches in India, a Telegram bot leaked phone numbers, Aadhaar numbers, Date of Birth, and other key details of all those who took vaccines using the CoWIN platform. However, before it was suspended, the bot shared details of people who took the Covid vaccine in India whenever they were prompted with a phone …

Exclusive | Didn't breach CoWIN, exploited linked platform's holes, says hacker behind data leak row
1 year, 6 months ago

Exclusive | Didn't breach CoWIN, exploited linked platform's holes, says hacker behind data leak row

India Today  

The anonymous person who ran the Telegram bot that generated personal details of vaccinated individuals said that they did not breach the CoWIN platform, which was used for Covid-19 vaccination registration, run by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. India Today’s Open Source Investigations team managed to identify the actors behind the data leak based on the digital trail …

CoWIN app or database not breached directly: Union minister after data leak claims
1 year, 6 months ago

CoWIN app or database not breached directly: Union minister after data leak claims

India Today  

Amid the Opposition's claims of a possible data breach on the CoWIN portal, Union Minister of State for Information Technology Rajeev Chandrasekhar said the ministry immediately reviewed the claims and found that CoWIN app or data has not been directly breached. Several opposition leaders have claimed a major data breach on CoWIN portal wherein personal details of vaccinated people, including …

17 crore citizens' data leaked, details sold at ₹2k: T'gana Cops
1 year, 9 months ago

17 crore citizens' data leaked, details sold at ₹2k: T'gana Cops

Hindustan Times  

The Cyberabad Police in Telangana have recently busted a gang involved in the data theft and sale of sensitive information of government and important organisations. The arrested seven members of the gang allegedly stole details of 2.55 lakh defence personnel and 16.8 crore citizens of India, PTI reported. Cyberabad Police commissioner M Stephen Raveendra was quoted by PTI as saying …

Centre releases data on hacked govt websites, data breaches in 2022-23
1 year, 11 months ago

Centre releases data on hacked govt websites, data breaches in 2022-23

Live Mint  

In the years 2022–2023, 50 government websites have been hacked, said Ashwini Vaishnaw - the Union Minister for Communications, Electronics, and Information Technology. Vaishnaw added that there were six, seven and eight data breach events involving government organisations in the years 2020, 2021, and 2022, respectively, according to data recorded by CERT-In and provided to them. "CERT-In has further informed …

Personal data of 6 lakh Indian hacked and sold on bot markets for Rs 490 each: study reveals
2 years, 1 month ago

Personal data of 6 lakh Indian hacked and sold on bot markets for Rs 490 each: study reveals

India Today  

Sensitive data of at least five million people around the globe, including data of 6 lakh Indians, has been hacked and sold on the bot market. A recent study by NordVPN revealed that data of 6,00,000 Indians including logins, cookies, digital fingerprints, screenshots, and other information were stolen and sold in the bot market. For the study, folks at NordVPN …

Explained | What is the Karnataka voter data theft case?
2 years, 1 month ago

Explained | What is the Karnataka voter data theft case?

The Hindu  

The story so far: On November 16, Bengaluru’s civic body, the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike said in a press release that it had cancelled permissions granted to the Chilume Educational Cultural and Rural Development Trust to conduct house-to-house surveys to help create awareness about the Systematic Voters’ Education and Electoral Participation programme. In 2018, the Chilume Educational Cultural and Rural …

Explained | Bengaluru’s voter data theft case and political storm in Karnataka
2 years, 1 month ago

Explained | Bengaluru’s voter data theft case and political storm in Karnataka

The Hindu  

The story so far: On November 16, Bengaluru’s civic body, the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike said in a press release that it had cancelled permission granted to Chilume Educational Cultural and Rural Development Trust, an NGO, to conduct house-to-house survey to help create awareness about Systematic Voters’ Education and Electoral Participation for allegedly collecting personal information from the public. A …

Congress alleges tampering of voter list in Bengaluru
2 years, 1 month ago

Congress alleges tampering of voter list in Bengaluru

Deccan Chronicle  

BENGALURU: The members Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee on Thursday demanded a First Information Report be filed against Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai, Chief Commissioner of Bengaluru Bruhat Mahanagara Palike among others over the alleged tampering voters list of Bengaluru city by a private entity Chilume Enterprises Private Limited. Shivakumar, Leader of Opposition Siddaramaiah and others, questioned the Chief Minister as to …

Spammed by Offers, Most Indians Blame Current Loan, Insurance Providers for Data Breach: Survey
2 years, 1 month ago

Spammed by Offers, Most Indians Blame Current Loan, Insurance Providers for Data Breach: Survey

News 18  

Around six in 10 Indians have reported personal data breaches by their loan providers with around 59% saying they were approached by alternate service providers in the last five years, a survey by Local Circles has shown. “Most respondents hold the last mile of financial institutions, and in many cases, employees responsible for the breach… They believe data protection law …

DC Edit | Volte-face and quick fixes can’t protect Indians’ data
2 years, 7 months ago

DC Edit | Volte-face and quick fixes can’t protect Indians’ data

Deccan Chronicle  

The confusing communications from the Union government on Aadhaar or the unique identification number, and the angst and disquiet these caused to the people, are the result of the ad hoc approach it has taken to the implementation of the whole project since its very inception. Recently, it withdrew a notification asking Aadhaar card holders not to share the number …

WHO's data and Congress' beta are wrong, says BJP; accuses Rahul Gandhi of doing politics over COVID-19 deaths
2 years, 8 months ago

WHO's data and Congress' beta are wrong, says BJP; accuses Rahul Gandhi of doing politics over COVID-19 deaths

Firstpost  

BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra said the WHO’s methodology to calculate estimated deaths in India due to the virus is ‘flawed’ and the Indian government had conveyed its objections to the organisation New Delhi: The BJP on Friday accused Congress leader Rahul Gandhi of doing politics over COVID-19 deaths, alleging that the WHO’s data and Congress’ “beta” are wrong. At a …

Covid-19 related data of thousands of Indians leaked online: Report
2 years, 11 months ago

Covid-19 related data of thousands of Indians leaked online: Report

Live Mint  

Personal data of thousands of people in India has been leaked from a government server which includes their name, mobile number, address and Covid test result, and these information can be accessed through online search. The leaked data has been put on sale on Raid Forums website where a cyber criminal claims to have personal data of over 20,000 people. …

Bihar: Names of PM Modi, Amit Shah, Sonia Gandhi, Priyanka Chopra feature in list of Covid vaccinated people
3 years, 1 month ago

Bihar: Names of PM Modi, Amit Shah, Sonia Gandhi, Priyanka Chopra feature in list of Covid vaccinated people

India TV News  

A large scale forgery was discovered at a common health centre in Karpi block of Arwal district in Bihar where the health department uploaded the names of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Congress president Sonia Gandhi and actor Priyanka Chopra in the list of beneficiaries who have taken the second dose of Covid vaccines. He said …

TMS Ep52: Bank privatisation, Covid-19 data, markets and Norovirus
3 years, 1 month ago

TMS Ep52: Bank privatisation, Covid-19 data, markets and Norovirus

Business Standard  

The government is going ahead with its plan to privatise two state-run banks by introducing a Bill in Parliament to amend the relevant banking laws. But what merits does the government see in not letting go of this stake and will this complicate its efforts to attract strategic investors?We will know the quantum of the government’s stake sale in the …

'Inaccurate': Govt slams magazine article claiming digital divide in India
3 years, 2 months ago

'Inaccurate': Govt slams magazine article claiming digital divide in India

Hindustan Times  

Reacting to a recent story on India's tech-based governance in a renowned magazine and the digital divide that is highlighted, the government on Wednesday claimed that the article is “inaccurate and biased", "betrays a severe lack of journalistic diligence" and “contradicts even the past reports” in that publication. Taking cognisance of an article published in The Economist on October 16, …

Fresh start for report on data protection bill
3 years, 3 months ago

Fresh start for report on data protection bill

The Hindu  

September 15, 2021 09:59 pm | Updated 10:42 pm IST - New Delhi Nearly 21-months after the Personal Data Protection Bill was referred to a Joint Parliamentary Committee, sources said that work on the report will have to start afresh under the new chairman and BJP MP P.P. The Personal Data Protection Bill was introduced in Lok Sabha in December …

Sprinklr data deal: Kerala IT secretary Sivasankar had 'no evil motive', says government panel
3 years, 4 months ago

Sprinklr data deal: Kerala IT secretary Sivasankar had 'no evil motive', says government panel

Firstpost  

There is no evidence, as of now, to prove that the interest of the state was adversely affected due to the engagement of Sprinklr, said the three-member committee Thiruvananthapuram: In a relief to former Kerala IT secretary M Sivasankar, a government-appointed panel has found that no “evil design, malice or bad faith” could be attributed to him in connection with …

Fake website claims CoWin data of 150 million leaked, security researchers call it a Bitcoin scam
3 years, 7 months ago

Fake website claims CoWin data of 150 million leaked, security researchers call it a Bitcoin scam

India Today  

A website on Thursday claimed that the data of 150 million vaccinated Indians have been leaked on the dark web. However, the health ministry and security researcher Rajshekhar Rajaria soon refuted the claims of the data leak market. Rajaria, a security researcher, who has unearthed many data breaches involving popular companies said that the website claiming CoWin data leak is …

Air India suffers massive cyber attack: Credit card info, personal details of passengers stolen
3 years, 7 months ago

Air India suffers massive cyber attack: Credit card info, personal details of passengers stolen

India TV News  

Air India Data Breach: Air India has been hit by a massive cyber attack in which personal details, including credit card information of lakhs of passengers have been compromised. In a communication to affected users, the national carrier said that data breach involved personal data registered between August 26, 2011 and February 20, 2021. "Massive Air India data breach, involved …

Opinion: Modi has offered little more than hollow words amid India’s horrifying covid crisis
3 years, 8 months ago

Opinion: Modi has offered little more than hollow words amid India’s horrifying covid crisis

CNN  

Editor’s Note: Akanksha Singh is a journalist based in Mumbai, India. Desperate cries for medication and oxygen tanks abound on Twitter and Instagram, where posts read, “In need of ICU bed” or “Plasma urgently required for treatment of Covid patient in Max Hospital, Delhi.” One journalist live-tweeted his Covid-19 symptoms and died while waiting for help. But India’s government – …

Coronavirus | Government controlled truth, not pandemic, says Rahul Gandhi
3 years, 8 months ago

Coronavirus | Government controlled truth, not pandemic, says Rahul Gandhi

The Hindu  

Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Monday alleged that though the Narendra Modi government had failed to contain the pandemic it had managed to control “the truth of the pandemic” by manipulating the data regarding COVID-19. Speaking to the The Hindu, former Rajasthan Deputy Chief Minister Sachin Pilot said the Centre failed to make State governments stakeholders in the fight …

Twitter India blocks posts critical of Modi’s Covid-19 response
3 years, 8 months ago

Twitter India blocks posts critical of Modi’s Covid-19 response

CNN  

New Delhi CNN Business — Twitter has removed several tweets about Covid-19 at the request of the Indian government, including some that were critical of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s handling of a brutal second wave of the coronavirus pandemic. In a statement Sunday, India’s Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology said ithad asked Twitter, Facebook and others to remove around …

Facebook data leak includes personal info of 6 million users in India, the story so far
3 years, 9 months ago

Facebook data leak includes personal info of 6 million users in India, the story so far

India Today  

The latest Facebook data breach is claimed to have leaked the personal data of over 533 million users globally. In a country-wise breakup, the claimed data breach reportedly includes the personal information of 6 million users in India. Alon Gal, CTO of cybercrime intelligence firm Hudson Rock, posted information around the data breach that is said to have leaked data …

Probe if BJP used Aadhaar data for polls: HC to UIDAI
3 years, 9 months ago

Probe if BJP used Aadhaar data for polls: HC to UIDAI

Hindustan Times  

The Madras high court on Thursday directed the Unique Identification Authority of India to probe whether the Puducherry unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party used Aadhaar data to send bulk text messages for election campaigning. The court also said that the Election Commission of India should continue its examination on whether the model code of conduct was breached by the …

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