Saturday, November 2, 2024

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Data security

News Reports

Online learning platform Unacademy hacked, details of 22 million users available for sale: Reports

OpIndia Staff -
Reportedly, the records include usernames, hashed passwords (SHA-256), date joined, last login date, email addresses, first and last names, account profile (staff member/a superuser), account status etc.
News Reports

Aarogya Setu replies to French ethical hacker who flagged privacy issues, clarifies no personal data compromised

OpIndia Staff -
Aarogya Setu determines the location of the person and informs whether he is in proximity to a Coronavirus positive patient.
Government and Policy

Modi govt and the Aarogya Setu app: Why the outrage over ‘Data Privacy’ in the times of Covid-19 does not make sense

Rameesh Kailasam -
Some are selective in their interpretation of privacy depending on where such data is posted and this is the mindset that led to outrage against the Aarogya Setu app.
News Reports

Kerala government in dock over breaching the privacy of people under quarantine: Read details about Sprinklr data scam

OpIndia Staff -
The data of more than 1.75 lakh symptomatic patients were collected and transferred to a private company named Sprinklr by Kerala govt.
News Reports

Database with 267 million Facebook user profiles sold on the dark web: Reports

OpIndia Staff -
The leaked user records comprised of unique Facebook IDs, email addresses, age, and even phone numbers.
Economy and Finance

SBI data breach: Bank forgets to password secure its server, ends up compromising customer details

OpIndia Staff -
State Bank of India (SBI) forgot to secure its server hosting sensitive information which resulted in a severe data breach
News Reports

Notorious serial petitioner ML Sharma files another petition, this time against 10 agencies authorised for surveillance

OpIndia Staff -
M L Sharma has been fined and reprimanded by courts several times in the past for his petitions
Opinions

Did anti-Aadhar brigade lose interest in Cambridge Analytica because Congress’ name came up?

Abhishek Banerjee -
We will never know if Cambridge Analytica actually stole data for the Congress Party
Fact-Check

The Wire’s lack of editorial standards is just as apparent as their latest lie

Nupur J Sharma -
It is apparent that The Wire's editorial standards are near absent.
News Reports

Congress app mysteriously disappears from PlayStore after they get exposed for stealing user data

OpIndia Staff -
The breach of data privacy gets murkier and murkier.
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