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Topic: Data Breach

AU Small Finance Bank probes potential data leak from SaaS platform after hacker group claims breach

In a statement to ThePrint, the bank said that its own systems are unaffected, and that the SaaS platform, Salesforce, olds limited data relating to its vehicle loan customers.

19,500 Kudankulam files leaked from Reliance are harmless, says NPCIL. They are about pipes, roads

This is not the first cyber attack to target the Kudankulam nuclear power plant. In 2019, malware traced to North Korea had infected the IT network of the plant.

After Signal leak, personal data of top US security officials compromised, easily found online

According to a report in German news magazine Der Spiegel, phone numbers, emails & even passwords of Mike Waltz, Tulsi Gabbard, Pete Hegseth are accessible online.

Millions of Pakistanis’ data breached, sold in Argentina, Romania

Pakistan's JIT report highlights data breach, recommends measures to protect citizens' data

4 arrested in ICMR data leak case now booked in separate incident of ‘data brokering’

Police have 'retrieved' personal data from accused, which they were 'trying to sell'. 'How they got data being probed,' says a Delhi Police officer. In ICMR case, CBI has 'taken up probe'.

Lacking ‘modern security strategies’, India sees 28% jump in cost of data breaches in 2023

An IBM report pegs the amount at Rs 17.9 crore, says the healthcare industry is most vulnerable.

Govt says CoWIN breach reports ‘mischievous in nature’, asserts portal is ‘completely safe’

Union minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar says Telegram bot was not accessing CoWIN database directly, but may be showing information from 'previously stolen data'.

67 crore people in 24 states targets of massive data theft. Cyberabad Police arrest 1, probe dark web angle

Accused sold data to marketing firms & cybercriminals, had details of govt & defence personnel, PAN holders, high net-worth individuals & databases of online platforms, according to police.

New cybersecurity rules vital but still a burden, MSMEs say as govt considers extending deadline

In several meetings with IT ministry officials, MSMEs have requested a further deadline extension for compliance with fresh guidelines regarding data breaches.

Your smartphone can guess your age, gender, apps used in 60 seconds, finds study on user privacy

Gathered info can be used for various purposes such as getting likes/dislikes of users and for targeted ads, according to the study by a graduate researcher at Georgia State University

On Camera

Netanyahu didn’t win or lose Israel election. His security doctrine still emerged as the winner

Benjamin Netanyahu has much to celebrate. He fought anti-incumbency, proved most of the polls wrong, and has now got a partial certificate from his voters.

Indian airlines’ losses may rise to Rs 38,000 cr in FY27, down 27% from FY 26, as ATF prices surge 46%—ICRA

Rating agency warns of mounting cost pressures from expensive aviation fuel, rupee depreciation and West Asia conflict. Weakening passenger traffic compounding the situation.

Design, develop & deploy: Sarvam signs 5-year MoU with MoD to build AI for Army, Navy, IAF

Work will be carried out by Chanakya, Sarvam’s firewalled division. Focus areas are decision support, target acquisition and data fusion across the ‘sensor-to-shooter loop’.

India needs more Jamnagars. Anti-business, knee-jerk anti-Americanism hurt national interest

Anti-Americanism is chronic, deep-rooted and instinctive in India. We only undermine our national interest by not shedding it, and by dismissing our entrepreneurs as exploiters.