India
China Cyber Attack on Indian Power Plant
As per a post published in The New York Times, China has targeted an Indian power plant last year that resulted in a big disruption for many in the business city of Mumbai, India. The post claims that the incident took place in 2020 and was a retaliation attack launched by China because of the […]
Cyber Attack on Indian GST Network
Goods and Services tax network shortly known as GSTN was targeted by a cyber attack in wee hours of yesterday, i.e. January 1st,2021. However, the good news is that no sensitive information was access to hackers. Confirmed sources say that the attack was of DDoS genre where large amounts of fake internet traffic are targeted […]
China to teach a lesson to India through a Major Cyber Attack
After receiving a lot of flak from India and across the world over the recent border issue, the Chinese government seems to be planning of retaliating to the criticism with intense Cyber Warfare. According to Times Now, a Singapore based Cybersecurity Firm named CyFirma is said to have issued an intense warning to all Indian […]
US Firm says 110,000 Indian Aadhaar IDs are now available on Dark Web
US Cybersecurity firm Cyble claims that it has discovered a 90GB data dump on the dark web which contains details of more than 110,000 Indian National IDs in the form of Aadhaar details on the dark web. However, the company has clarified that the hackers could have gained the Aadhaar details from a non-governmental source […]
Espionage on all computers by Indian Government
Indian government under the leadership of Prime Minister Shri Narender Modi has decided to snoop on all the computers operating in the subcontinent from early next year. The decision was taken by the central government on late Thursday ( Dec 20, 2018) and was made public to the populace from Friday. A spokesperson from the […]
India witnesses 400,000 cyber attacks from Russia, China, and US
F-Secure, the Finland based cybersecurity firm has confirmed that Asian country India has witnessed around 400,000 cyber attacks on its infrastructure from Russia, China, and the United States between Jan- Jun this year. “The relatively higher number of inbound cyber attacks on Indian Honeypots reflects how fast the fast-digitizing country is becoming vulnerable to hackers […]
Indian to pay $8.6 million in a penalty for launching Cyber Attacks on US University
An Indian origin man named Paras Jha, 22, of New Jersey has been asked to pay $8.6 million as the penalty for launching cyber attacks on a leading US University. The sentence was pronounced by Trenton Federal Court Judge Michael Shipp who asked the individual to serve 6 months House Arrest in addition to the […]
French Hacker transcends Aadhaar UIDAI helpline number to millions of Android phones in India
French hacker named Robert Baptiste, who tweets with pseudonym Elliot Anderson has once again proved that nothing can be concealed from the hacking world. The latest controversy which is supposed to be created by him or is supposed to involve him in one way or the other proves this instance to the core. It’s said […]
Indian Prime Minister challenged by French Security Expert for Aadhaar details
Indian Prime Minister Shri Narender Modi was challenged by a French security expert named Elliot Anderson for sharing his Aadhaar details i.e. only if he has one. The challenge comes just after the exposure of certain sensitive details like passport number, email ID, PAN number, alternative phone number, WhatsApp picture profile photo and mobile number […]
Data of more than 1 Billion Indian Aadhaar cards is open to Cyber Attack!
A White Paper released by Reserve Bank of India(RBI), India’s Central Banking Institution, has disclosed that for the first time in the history of India, there is now a readily available single target for cybercriminals in the form of Aadhaar details. Aadhaar is a Unique Identity Number issued to all Indian based on their biometrics […]
