Chinese internet heavyweight Tencent Holdings Ltd apologised on Monday for rewarding WeChat app users who sent a message with the English phrase “civil rights” with a screen full of fluttering U.S. flags. The animation was intended to commemorate Martin Luther King Jr. Day in the United States, and was only meant to be available to…
When Barack Obama becomes the first US President to be the chief guest at India’s Republic Day Parade, and holds his second summit in four months with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, it sets a unique record. But it also arouses huge expectations. Firstly, it conveys a positive personal chemistry and rapport between Mr Obama and…
The Nagpur bench of Bombay High Court has rejected the bail application of a boy accused of abetting the suicide of a girl from his school by circulating an obscene video of a lookalike and passing it off as her video. The case highlights not only the huge jump in cyber crimes and online frauds…
Officials from the Cyber Crime Investigation Cell of the Crime Branch recently arrested a person, Amit Shinde, from Satara for his involvement in hacking into the email account of the principal of Podar International School in Santacruz (West). Shinde was also accused of creating a fake email ID using Dr Vandana Lulla’s identity, and using…
Officials from the Cyber Crime Investigation Cell of the Crime Branch recently arrested a person, Amit Shinde, from Satara for his involvement in hacking into the email account of the principal of Podar International School in Santacruz (West). Shinde was also accused of creating a fake email ID using Dr Vandana Lulla’s identity, and using…
India’s registered cyber crimes leapt 350% in three years but the legal system is struggling to cope with more and more lawbreakers exploiting the anonymity of the internet. National Crime Records Bureau statistics show number of recorded cases of cyber crime jumped to 4,356 from 966 in the three years up to 2013, with India…
The NDA government took over from the UPA more than eight months ago but it appears to be deja vu for activists fighting against the constitutionality of Section 66A of the Information Technology Act, which empowers police to arrest people for social media posts. Following the previous government’s line, the NDA regime has lent its…
India and the US have agreed to collaborate on implementing the ambitious Digital India initiative ahead of American President Barack Obama’s Republic Day visit to New Delhi. During the two-day meeting of the US-India Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Working Group, the Indian delegation led by R S Sharma, Information Technology Secretary, raised its concerns…
With a view to examining tomorrow’s digital technologies and assessing their global impact on both business and the society, the NASSCOM India Leadership Forum 2015 (NILF) will be held here. The Forum under the theme, ‘The World in 2020: Building the Digital Future,’ is scheduled to be held from February-11 to 13, according to a…
Reserve Bank of India in November 2014 issued a warning to the public about a new form of fraud perpetrated in its name; it being a credit card issued by fraudsters in the name of “Reserve Bank”. Describing the modus operandi of fraudsters, RBI said, “the gullible member of the public is sent a credit…