News for 'data breach'

Aadhaar data is fully safe, says UIDAI

Aadhaar data is fully safe, says UIDAI

Rediff.com20 Nov 2017

The authority said in response to a report based on RTI that 210 government website made Aadhaar information public .

Patna HC strikes down Bihar's quota hike to 65%

Patna HC strikes down Bihar's quota hike to 65%

Rediff.com20 Jun 2024

A Division Bench headed by Chief Justice K Vinod Chandran passed the order on a bunch of petitions which had opposed the legislations brought by the Nitish Kumar government in November 2023.

Cyber insurance is a small price for protection

Cyber insurance is a small price for protection

Rediff.com1 Dec 2020

Annual premiums do not exceed what you readily shell out for an OTT subscription.

How to protect your online data from hackers

How to protect your online data from hackers

Rediff.com28 Jul 2017

Beware, it's not just criminals who want your data!

Housing sales to breach pre-pandemic levels in 2022

Housing sales to breach pre-pandemic levels in 2022

Rediff.com21 Aug 2022

India's residential market is expected to sustain demand momentum despite rise in mortgage and property rates as sales this year across the top 7 cities are likely to breach pre-pandemic level of 2.62 lakh units, industry players said. After braving four back-to-back disruptions in form of demonetisation, RERA, GST and COVID-19 in the last 6 years, industry experts feel the housing market is going through a lot of structural changes and is now at the start of a long-term upcycle. Homebuyers body FPCE gives credit to the Real Estate Regulatory Authority (RERA) under the Real Estate (Regulation & Development) Act, 2016 for this improved buying sentiment.

Zomato reports data theft of 17 million users

Zomato reports data theft of 17 million users

Rediff.com18 May 2017

Assuring its users that their credit card information on Zomato is fully secure, the company said 'payment related information on Zomato is stored separately.

Housing sales up 92% in Q2; breach pre-COVID level

Housing sales up 92% in Q2; breach pre-COVID level

Rediff.com4 Oct 2021

Housing demand has breached pre-COVID levels with 92 per cent year-on-year growth in sales during July-September period units across eight major cities, mainly on the back of stable prices, very low mortgage rates, property consultant Knight Frank India said on Monday. Releasing its India Real Estate Update for Q3 (July-September quarter) of the 2021 calendar year, the consultant reported that housing sales increased to 64,010 units from 33,404 units in the same period last year. In the previous April-June quarter, 27,453 residential units were sold. "The total residential sales of the top eight markets under review during Q3 2021, reached 104 per cent of 2019 quarterly average," the consultant said, adding that sales have breached pre-COVID levels.

App developers, read this before sharing users' data

App developers, read this before sharing users' data

Rediff.com30 Aug 2017

Unauthorised sale of data to third parties will land developers in trouble.

Will SBI Reveal Names Behind Electoral Bonds?

Will SBI Reveal Names Behind Electoral Bonds?

Rediff.com26 Feb 2024

Government unlikely to bring in an ordinance to address the developments arising out of the Supreme Court order.

Negligence Of Cybersecurity May Spoil The Party

Negligence Of Cybersecurity May Spoil The Party

Rediff.com28 Feb 2023

'As long as businesses do not consider cyber recovery an integral part of their enterprise IT, they remain greatly vulnerable.'

Data leak shows massive infiltration by China's Communist Party

Data leak shows massive infiltration by China's Communist Party

Rediff.com14 Dec 2020

The data leak obtained by 'The Australian' newspaper has revealed how the alleged CPC members are employed with some of the world's biggest corporations in the areas of defence, banks and pharmaceutical giants manufacturing coronavirus vaccines.

Street Signs: Market on edge, unveiling fund manager strategies, and more

Street Signs: Market on edge, unveiling fund manager strategies, and more

Rediff.com25 Mar 2024

In addition to regulatory actions against small and midcaps, tighter liquidity conditions are another headwind that stocks are facing this month. Market observers say advance tax outflows and capital gains-related adjustments will weigh on the markets in the near term.

Active COVID-19 cases in India breach 70,000-mark

Active COVID-19 cases in India breach 70,000-mark

Rediff.com19 Jun 2022

The daily positivity rate was recorded at 2.89 per cent and the weekly positivity rate at 2.50 per cent, the ministry said.

Delhi swelters at 47 degrees C, red alert issued for next 5 days

Delhi swelters at 47 degrees C, red alert issued for next 5 days

Rediff.com20 May 2024

The searing heat pushed the city's peak power demand to its highest for May, while the Delhi government directed the schools that have not closed for summer vacations to do so with immediate effect.

How extreme heat affected Delhi street vendors

How extreme heat affected Delhi street vendors

Rediff.com14 Jun 2024

Seven out of eight women street vendors reported experiencing high blood pressure, while women in the middle age group raised concerns about delays in their menstrual cycles due to the extreme heat.

Banks are reasonably resilient to withstand any future shocks: RBI Guv

Banks are reasonably resilient to withstand any future shocks: RBI Guv

Rediff.com1 Jul 2021

Economic activity has regained momentum from late-May after the dent caused by the second wave of COVID-19, and the pandemic's impact on the overall asset quality has been less than expected, Reserve Bank Governor Shaktikanta Das said on Thursday. However, Das flagged rising data breaches and cyber-attacks as among the risks for the recovering economy, along with others like firming global commodity prices. The governor also said the second wave had a "grievous toll" on the country.

Sensex surges 373 points on macro data, rupee recovery

Sensex surges 373 points on macro data, rupee recovery

Rediff.com14 Sep 2018

The NSE Nifty too breached the 11,500-level with a jump of 145.30 points.

CBI to probe alleged misuse of data of India's Facebook users

CBI to probe alleged misuse of data of India's Facebook users

Rediff.com26 Jul 2018

Prasad said the probe by the CBI will determine whether Cambridge Analytica violated the Information Technology Act, 2000 and the Indian Penal Code.

Data protection bill to be introduced in winter session

Data protection bill to be introduced in winter session

Rediff.com16 Nov 2019

The proposals are mostly based on a report submitted by Justice B N Srikrishna in July 2018. The draft Bill has since gone through at least two updates based on inputs received from industry, report Yuvraj Malik and Peerzada Abrar.

As North India reels under severe heatwave, rain drenches TN, Kerala in south

As North India reels under severe heatwave, rain drenches TN, Kerala in south

Rediff.com20 May 2024

Temperatures remained above 45 degrees Celsius in large parts of Rajasthan, Haryana, Delhi, Chandigarh and Uttar Pradesh, affecting daily life as many chose to remain indoors in the afternoon.

Data protection bill referred to Parliament panel

Data protection bill referred to Parliament panel

Rediff.com11 Dec 2019

The proposed law seeks bars on storing and processing of personal data by entities without the explicit consent of an individual. It, however, provides for exemptions for "reasonable purposes" such as "prevention and detection of any unlawful activity including fraud, whistle-blowing, merger and acquisitions, network and information security, credit scoring, recovery of debt, processing of publicly available personal data and the operation of search engines".

Kejriwal's aide Bibhav Kumar arrested in Swati Maliwal 'assault' case

Kejriwal's aide Bibhav Kumar arrested in Swati Maliwal 'assault' case

Rediff.com19 May 2024

Bibhav Kumar was produced before Metropolitan Magistrate Gaurav Goyal who sent him to five-day police custody after the police sought his remand to question him about the incident and to retrieve data from his phone.

Guess which was India's most polluted city in 2023? Hint: It's not Delhi

Guess which was India's most polluted city in 2023? Hint: It's not Delhi

Rediff.com10 Jan 2024

Byrnihat in Meghalaya topped the list of most polluted cities in India in 2023, closely followed by Begusarai in Bihar and Greater Noida in Uttar Pradesh, according to a report released on Wednesday.

Cyber agency asks FB users to change profile settings to 'private'

Cyber agency asks FB users to change profile settings to 'private'

Rediff.com20 Apr 2021

The country's cyber security agency CERT-In has advised Facebook users to strengthen their account privacy settings after a recent global 'data scraping' incident in the social media platform affected about 61 lakh Indians.

Factors that will guide the markets this week

Factors that will guide the markets this week

Rediff.com10 Dec 2023

Global trends, macroeconomic data, and the outcome of the US Fed policy meeting are the major factors that will drive the movement in the domestic equity markets this week, analysts said. "In the upcoming data-centric week, the focus will be on crucial releases, including inflation data from India and the US. "Indian inflation is expected to rise, while US inflation will remain steady.

Sensex breaches 32,000-mark at close

Sensex breaches 32,000-mark at close

Rediff.com12 Sep 2017

Risk appetite improved on the back of a rally in global markets after the US stocks hit a fresh record high on Monday

Sensex declines 143 pts on unabated foreign fund outflows

Sensex declines 143 pts on unabated foreign fund outflows

Rediff.com9 Nov 2023

Among the Sensex firms, Hindustan Unilever, Tech Mahindra, Infosys, Reliance Industries, Bajaj Finance, Tata Consultancy Services, Titan and UltraTech Cement were the major laggards. Mahindra & Mahindra, Power Grid, IndusInd Bank, Tata Motors, Larsen & Toubro and Maruti were among the gainers.

Malicious COVID vaccine SMS spreading: Cyber agency

Malicious COVID vaccine SMS spreading: Cyber agency

Rediff.com10 May 2021

It asked users to be alert against all attempts of phishing through fake domains, emails and text messages that promise registration for a jab against the pandemic.

The tech-armed fortress that are our data centres

The tech-armed fortress that are our data centres

Rediff.com9 Jun 2019

From round-the-clock surveillance of people and equipment to choosing the right materials for the building that contains the servers that store data, these facilities are truly state-of-the-art.

'Cyber attacks meant to smear India's reputation'

'Cyber attacks meant to smear India's reputation'

Rediff.com9 Mar 2021

'The hackers' objectives were centred around smearing India's reputation, causing productivity loss, creating operational damage and seeking financial gains.'

Sunak under Tory fire over Suella Braverman's reappointment

Sunak under Tory fire over Suella Braverman's reappointment

Rediff.com27 Oct 2022

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Thursday came under fresh pressure on the reappointment of Indian-origin Suella Braverman as home secretary after two Conservative MPs questioned his decision, days after she quit over data breaches.

GenAI New Fuel For Cyber Threats

GenAI New Fuel For Cyber Threats

Rediff.com23 Apr 2024

India is among countries at the highest risk from cyber vulnerabilities caused by a new generation of GenAI technologies.

Hacked! Thousands of Citi card customers' data

Hacked! Thousands of Citi card customers' data

Rediff.com9 Jun 2011

Computer hackers have breached Citigroup's computer network and have accessed data related to hundreds of thousands of its card customers, the Financial Times said.

'There Is No Modi Wave'

'There Is No Modi Wave'

Rediff.com3 May 2024

'I am shocked that the BJP makes so many commitments. What did they deliver as the NDA?'

'White House computer system breached by hackers'

'White House computer system breached by hackers'

Rediff.com29 Oct 2014

Unclassified White House computer networks were breached by hackers recently resulting in temporary disruptions to some services with the Russian government thought to be behind the intrusion, according to a media report.

Aadhaar: Data everywhere, little left to steal

Aadhaar: Data everywhere, little left to steal

Rediff.com26 Sep 2018

'Every Indian citizen is already exposed to massive digital surveillance and most are already vulnerable to data theft and cyber-impersonation as well,' points out Devangshu Datta.

ElectraCard admits system breached in global ATM heist

ElectraCard admits system breached in global ATM heist

Rediff.com14 May 2013

Claims that no customer data was stolen from it.

5 tips for cashless India to protect online data

5 tips for cashless India to protect online data

Rediff.com8 Jan 2017

If you think nobody will ever try to breach your data online get out of your shell. NOW!

Facebook says 'bug' changed 14mn users' default privacy settings to public

Facebook says 'bug' changed 14mn users' default privacy settings to public

Rediff.com8 Jun 2018

The social media giant had been under scanner lately for the growing online data-privacy concerns.

Your private data may be online, courtesy govt

Your private data may be online, courtesy govt

Rediff.com28 Oct 2013

Some depts have posted bank account & income details on net for transparency; experts cry privacy breach