Domino's India data that included sensitive customer information such as their names, phone numbers, and credit card details has allegedly been breached and put on sale on the dark web. According to tweets by Israel-based Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer of cybercrime intelligence firm Hudson Rock, Alon Gal, the data is worth 13 terabytes (TB). He tweeted on Sunday that the data includes as many as 180 million order details, including 1 million credit card details. The data, said Gal, was up for sale on the dark web. The threat actor, he said, was asking for $550,000 for the data.
The ED may soon register a money laundering case to probe if dubious funds were used for allegedly fuelling caste-based protests in the wake of the alleged gang-rape and death of a Dalit woman in Uttar Pradesh's Hathras, officials said.
Computer emergency response teams will be strengthened with ethical hackers who will respond to cyberattacks.
It compromises security by sending SMSes to unknown contacts.
More than 1000 government websites belonging to various ministries and departments have been hacked in the last three years. Minister of State for Home RPN Singh on Tuesday said as per information reported to and tracked by Indian Computer Emergency Response Team, a total of 303, 308, 371 and 48 government websites belonging to various ministries and departments were hacked up to March 2013.
The Indian authorities feared that these apps were transferring consumer data to locations outside the country, especially China, in an unauthorised and surreptitious manner. With servers in India, the data of local consumers would be stored in the country.
Given the security dilemma prevailing between India and China, India should curb the operation of Chinese telecom companies in India, asserts Dr Rup Narayan Das.
Gulshan Rai, director general of the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team and coordinator of the committee on cyber laws, says the team is gearing up to address the increasing mobile Internet usage.
Indian computer security analysts have detected and alerted Wi-Fi users in the country against a possible virus attack that could lead to crashing and hacking of secure networks.
The home ministry also ordered a probe by the Computer Emergency Response Team-India to ascertain whether there was hacking of government software systems as there have been several instances where licences of NGOs under scrutiny were renewed automatically.
Besides monitoring and interception, the amended Act deals with the appointment of Indian Computer Emergency Response Team, which deals with computer security and situations arising from cyber attacks.
In a major relief for Delhi residents, all the missing cobalt pencils auctioned to a scrap dealer by the Delhi University have been recovered, a month after eight people were exposed to radiation in the national capital's Mayapuri area. The National Radiation Emergency Response team of the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre recovered 16 cobalt pencils from a Gamma cell, which was scattered in a scrap yard in Mayapuri, exposing eight persons to radiation. One of them had died later
India and Singapore on Tuesday elevated their ties to the 'strategic partnership' level and signed bilateral agreements for enhanced defence cooperation and in areas like cyber security, shipping and civil aviation.
A new breed of hackers has emerged, whose main aim is not necessarily financial gain but causing disruption
The government has warned the users of social networking sites such as Facebook, Myspace and Twitter of a virus that is spreading through these sites targeting the members.
According to statistics of the Computer Emergency Response Team (Cert-In), which handles computer securities incidents in the country, 612 websites were defaced in March compared to 214 websites in February. Website defacement is a form of malicious hacking. It is usually the substitution of the original home page by a system cracker that breaks into a web server and alters the hosted website creating one of his own.
Govt, telecom, defence sectors most attacked by cybercriminals
The attack is not focused towards any particular industry but it is widely spread across industries
Shiv Sainiks are protesting against certain 'hate-communities' on Orkut, which allegedly contained derogatory material about Shivaji and Thackeray family.
The massive search and rescue operation carried out in the Bay of Bengal for close to two months failed to yield any substantial breakthrough.
Chinese characters were seen on the website, indicating that Chinese hackers may be involved in it.
The government websites host information for public dissemination.
Cisco Systems and Indian Computer Emergency Response Team on Tuesday signed a memorandum of understanding on IT security co-operation in the country.
Home ministry sources say there are fears that international lobbies might have been involved in spying, to create a narrative around Indian governance as well as the economy.
According to statistics released by Facebook, the Indian government topped the list of nations seeking removal of specific content from the social networking site.
The dreaded mass-mailing worm expected to strike computers across the world today has kept the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team, set up by the Department of Information Technology, on its toes.
Operating systems are increasingly subject to cyberattacks, as many are built around legacy technologies with weaker protocols
With growing instances of cyber attacks on the country's vital systems like power, railways, aviation and defence, the government on Monday announced the setting up of an expert vigilance agency to tackle any possible hacking or virus attacks.
'What we are actually missing in India is a platform wherein the government engages with cybersecurity experts, gets them employed and then utilises their capability to deter such attacks.'
The notice came after reports that political parties had used the data analytics firm during elections.
The unidentified hackers had executed money transfers on two separate occasions - August 11 and August 13 - which raises the question of why pro-active measures were not taken on the first night itself
The 'severely' spreading virus of the Trojan family has been detected conducting its clandestine operations at the point of sale counters placed at retail terminals after the RBI made it mandatory in December last year for debit cards holders to punch in their PIN every time they make a purchase.
It said the ransomware called 'WannaCry' or 'WannaCrypt' encrypts the computer's hard disk drive and then spreads laterally between computers on the same LAN.
The Indian Air Force has asked its personnel and their families not to use Chinese 'Xiaomi Redmi 1s' phones, as it believes these phones could be transferring data to their servers in China and hence be a security risk.
India needs to follow countries such as Singapore who have and are further bolstering their cyber security apparatus.
With the use of e-wallets gaining momentum after the note ban, e-wallet service providers have doubled down on developing new security features in their apps. Sharath Chowdary reports.
Flames shot up the sides of the Torch tower in the second blaze to hit the high-rise since 2015, forcing hundreds of occupants to flee as burning debris showered down the sides of the 1,105 foot structure.
With a rise in the number of cyber crimes and hacking, and many putting a question mark on safety of Aadhaar data, the FM might bring proposals in this regard and allocate funds separately.
Facebook blocked 5,832 pieces of content during July-December 2014 on orders of the Indian government.
Sectoral cyber security teams to be set up to curb attacks, cyber coordination centre likely be set up in New Delhi by June.
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