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- Technology
New Data Protection Bill to augment efficient usage of data by industry: Centre
New Delhi: The Centre on Monday said that the new draft of the data protection bill is being prepared to augment efficient usage of data since it would largely be used by…
- Technology
Deleted popular hotel chain’s data ‘for fun,’ claims hacker couple
London: The Intercontinental Hotels Group (IHG), which owns Holiday Inn, was the target of a destructive cyberattack by hackers who claimed they did it “for fun”. According to the BBC, the IHG…
- India
Over 47% antibiotic formulations used in India in 2019 unapproved: Lancet study
New Delhi: More than 47 per cent of antibiotic formulations used in India’s private sector in 2019 were not approved by the central drug regulator, according to a study published in The…
- Technology
Zoom allows customers their own encryption keys to protect data
New Delhi: Video-conferencing platform Zoom on Friday announced a new offering that will allow users to protect certain data stored at rest within the Zoom Cloud infrastructure using their own encryption keys.…
- Telangana
Telangana: NCRB data shows 17 per cent raise in crimes against women
Hyderabad: According to the National Crime Records Bureau’s Crimes In India (CII) report, Telangana saw a significant increase in crimes against women from 2020 to 2021. (NCRB). According to the NCRB study,…
- Technology
Hackers exploiting LinkedIn’s chat, job posting tools to steal users’ data
New Delhi: Microsoft-owned LinkedIn is being used by hackers to spread data stealing malware via sending connection requests in disguise of people working with reputed companies, a report showed on Tuesday. Researchers…
- Technology
DoorDash confirms data breach, customers data exposed
San Francisco: Online delivery giant DoorDash has confirmed that it has been hit by a data breach, which has affected several customers and merchants. The company said it recently became aware that…
- Telangana
Telangana: Irrigation department seeks KRMB data on Srisailam
Hyderabad: The Telangana irrigation department on Friday wrote to the Krishna River Management Board (KRMB) seeking data on the Srisailam project. In the letter, Irrigation department chief engineer Murlidhar said that the…
- Technology
Policybazaar admits cyber security incident, says customer data safe
New Delhi: Leading insuretech platform Policybazaar has admitted it was hit by a cyber security incident last week but no significant customer data was exposed. In a stock exchange filing, the platform…
- Technology
UIDAI seeks 20 ethical hackers to protect its data, plug security bugs
New Delhi: Amid increasing cyber attacks against key infrastructure and government websites in India, the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has quietly announced a “bug bounty programme” to hire 20 ethical…
- Technology
Samsung treats smartphone users’ data as state secrets: Top global executive
New Delhi: As nation-state bad actors are infiltrating devices of high-profile users via government spyware like NSO Group’s Pegasus and now Android-based ‘Hermit’, Samsung is treating users’ secrets as state secrets and…
- India
Only 3 states in India have at least one camera in each police station: Report
New Delhi: Despite the Supreme Court ruling which mandated CCTV cameras in all police stations, one in every three police stations do not have even a single camera, a report has found.…