In June, the London-based company Athenian Tech reported a data breach in BSNL. The government has now admitted the breach and clarified what happened.
The recent incident highlighted the challenges that were faced by the company regarding customer data against cyber threats. It also highlights the critical importance of transparency and swift action in the aftermath of a data breach.
Cyber attacks and data breaches were placed seventh in the 2021 business risks survey but after three years the threat deepened further.
A massive data breach, named the "Mother of all Breaches," reveals 26 billion leaked records from Twitter, LinkedIn, and government sources, putting users at risk of identity theft and cyberattacks.
In one of India's most extensive data breaches to date, the personally identifiable information of a whopping 815 million Indians has surfaced on the dark web, as disclosed in a report by US-based cybersecurity firm Resecurity.
The incident is a crucial component of the ongoing worldwide discourse concerning data privacy and the ethical obligations of technology corporations regarding users' data. It highlights the essential requirement for explicit and transparent agreements regarding data sharing.
Reportedly, the company assured that there was no indication of customer or business partner data being stored on the affected server, and no other Sony systems were affected. This incident has not adversely impacted Sony's operations.
A recent advertisement on SpoofMyAss.com offers tools that assist in large-scale vishing attacks, raising concerns about cybersecurity and the need for heightened awareness and security measures.
India experiences a variety of cyberattacks, with phishing attacks being the most common at nearly 22%, closely followed by stolen or compromised credentials at 16%. Interestingly, social engineering emerged as the costliest cause of breaches, resulting in significant financial losses.
CoWIN data leak: 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.
Joseph Sullivan, 54, of Palo Alto was convicted by a federal jury in San Francisco last October of obstructing justice and concealing knowledge that a federal felony had been committed.
According to the State of Security, 2023 report by software firm Splunk, around 62 per cent of respondents have said that their business-critical applications have suffered from unplanned downtime due to a cybersecurity incident on at least a monthly basis, an increase from 54 per cent in 2022.
Apple unveiled a new set of educational resources which has been designed to help users take control of their data. The tech giant believes that every user should have clear insights into how their data is used and tools to decide when to share their data and who to share it with.
The Indian Railway's data was put on sale on a forum which has been run by cyber criminals and has user data, and invoices for the latest month.
"We are currently responding to a cybersecurity incident. We are in touch with law enforcement and will post additional updates here as they become available," Uber posted in a tweet.
Paytm: According to the report, the data compromised included phone numbers, email addresses, dates of birth, genders, geographic locations, income levels, names and purchases of the nearly 3.4 million users.
The clone websites could be used to display people's scraped data, scam people, and damage the credibility of the original site.
Ireland’s privacy watchdog has fined WhatsApp a record 225 million euros ($267 million) after an investigation found it breached stringent European Union data protection rules on transparency about sharing people’s data with other Facebook companies.
The clarification comes on the backdrop of reports on impact of data breaches in organisations such as Air India, Big Basket and Domino's which claimed that these breaches have exposed email accounts and passwords of NIC emails to the hackers.
According to the experts, the leak cost Dominos the data of 18 crore orders. Hackers have even put the data on sale on the dark web.
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