Social media, a new tool for burglars: CHENNAI: They don’t lurk in the dark looking for a lock to pick or a wall to scale. Police are confronting a new breed of tech-savvy burglars who tap and swipe their way into homes using smart phones. The giveaway: the victims’ status messages and photos on social…
UIDAI files FIR against journalist for exposing flaws in Aadhaar enrolment: A First Information Report (FIR) has been filed by the Delhi police against CNN-News 18 journalist Debayan Roy, reports The Pioneer. CNN-News 18 report attempted to demonstrate that a person could get to obtain two separate Aadhaar enrollment numbers with the same set of…
Have blocked 3,000 porn websites, government tells Lok Sabha: NEW DELHI: The government informed Parliament on Wednesday that it had blocked 3,000 websites which hosted pornographic content. In a written reply in Lok Sabha, the information technology ministry said “most of the child pornographic websites are hosted from outside India”. Read More
MS Dhoni’s Aadhaar details leaked, wife Sakshi complains to Ravi Shankar Prasad: Sakshi Dhoni, from her twitter handle @SaakshiSrawat tweeted: “@rsprasad @CSCegov_ is there any privacy left ??? Information of adhaar card including application is made public property!#disappointed (sic)” Read More
Delhi: Cyber crooks stealing, morphing social media photos to extort victims: A class-12 student of South Delhi was shocked to find her pornographic video online, the link of which was shared by an anonymous user on chat demanding money to delete it. Preliminary investigation revealed that her picture was copied from a social media site…
Hyderabad: Cyber Crime Cell arrests two for harassing woman: Hyderabad (Telengana) [India], Mar 21 (ANI): The cyber crime cell in Cyberabad, Hyderabad, arrested two for sending abusive messages and outraging the modesty of the complainant. The accused have been identified as 35 year-old Alapati Shivaiah , Managing Director of Hyma consultancy and another woman aged…
A series of right to be forgotten cases in courts highlight how India doesn’t have a privacy law: Two years ago, X was involved in a criminal complaint filed by his wife and her mother. They resolved their differences later and now live amicably with their minor child. The criminal case against X has been…
New midday meal norms ‘inhuman’: Teachers and Anganwadi workers in Rajasthan have spoken out against the Centre’s recent decision to link the midday meal scheme to Aadhaar, saying it would completely disrupt the process of food distribution and teaching and learning. Read More
U.N. expert urges states to work toward cyber surveillance treaty: GENEVA – The world needs an international treaty to protect people’s privacy from unfettered cybersurveillance, which is being pushed by populist politicians preying on fear of terrorism, according to a U.N. report debated on Wednesday. The report, submitted to the U.N. Human Rights Council by…
Former Miss India Winner Sonu Walia Subjected to Cyber Crime: Best known for her role in Dil Aashna Hai and Khoon Bhari Maang, Miss India 1985, Sonu Walia is the new victim of telephonic harassment. According to a report in Mumbai Mirror, Walia has been facing the brunt of cyber crime too. The actress, who…