Israeli citizens received threatening text messages purportedly from an Iranian-backed hacking team warning that it has hijacked the nation’s radar systems, stating: “You have only a few hours to fix the systems.” The so-called Handala threat group alleged in a message on Telegram that it sent 500,000 text message warnings to Israeli citizens, which contains […]
U.S. President Joe Biden has issued an Executive Order that prohibits the mass transfer of citizens’ personal data to countries of concern. The Executive Order also “provides safeguards around other activities that can give those countries access to Americans’ sensitive data,” the White House said in a statement. This includes sensitive information such as genomic […]
The database holds personal records of over 750 million Indian citizens, accounting for nearly half of the country’s 1.4 billion population. A massive yet alleged data breach has reportedly exposed the personal information of millions worldwide, encompassing 85% of the Indian population, marking it as the largest-ever breach of its kind. Indian cybersecurity firm CloudSEK […]
The dark web has turned out to be an unnerving market for the private COVID information of nearly 815 million citizens of India. This is likely the largest data leak in India till date. COVID-19 test data held with the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) was named as the source of the data on […]