Taking cognizance of increasing cybercrimes in the state, Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has decided to grant additional manpower and facility to the cell formed to tackle the menace, besides proposing to set up a regional office of the Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT) in the metropolis.
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Maharashtra’s principal secretary for Information Technology (IT) department, Rakesh Aggarwal, in a recent case, directed six banks, one mobile operator and a card company to pay Rs1.06 crore compensation to victims of online frauds who have been duped over past two years.
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According to findings released by IBM, despite an 50 percent decline in the number of cyber attacks against U.S. retailers, the number of records stolen from them remains at near record highs. IBM Security researchers report that in 2014, cyber attackers still managed to steal more than 61 million records from retailers despite the decline…
Over the period of last one year, the Cyber Crime police station has received around 200 online or e-commerce fraud cases of which 146 cases have been probed and prevented loss of around ` 12 lakh. In an interview with Amresh Parab, Goa Cyber Crime police station in-charge police Inspector RAJESH JOB said the awareness…
Rajesh Aggarwal, Principal Secretary, Information Technology, Government of Maharashtra, who also functions as adjudication officer under Section 45 of the IT Act 2000, recently delivered a landmark judgment that will completely change the way Indian organizations look at cybercrime and will compel them to improve means and mechanisms for protecting their customers from cybercrime. Read…
An independent court to tackle cybercrimes, 1,000-strong trained police personnel, a Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT) unit headquartered in Mumbai— these are a few of the recommendations of a detailed roadmap on cybercrime policing that got a go ahead from chief minister Devendra Fadnavis on Tuesday.
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Online news editors of two prominent news portals were arrested on charges of defaming Kochi Mayor Tony Chammany. News published by the websites alleged that the Mayor went to Muscat after misinforming the public that he was leaving for Velankanni. The foreign visits had become controversial after the Mayor apparently skipped important meetings.
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A senior officer of the National Human Rights Commission, convicted for raping and deceitfully marrying a widow after concealing his first wedlock, has been awarded seven years jail by a Delhi court which observed that his “high social status” has made the offence more serious. Additional Sessions Judge (ASJ) Virender Bhatt convicted the man, a…
The central government today assured Supreme Court that Section 66A of the Information Technology Act would not be used to strangulate “political dissent and contrarian views” posted on social networking sites. Under Section 66A of Information Technology Act, 2000, any person is liable to be punished if he or she sends “offensive” messages through a…
Messaging apps like WhatsApp, iMessage, Snapchat and Telegram could face a ban in Britain as PM David Cameron aims to stop the use of encrypted communication services in his battle against terror. Cameron vows to introduce a legislation to provide intelligence agencies a legal framework to crack down on communications of terror suspects. The new…