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Harvard, Princeton, UPenn, Columbia: Hackers strike Ivy League schools

The incidents have occurred while the schools face political pressure from White House, which has frozen billions in funds, threatened accreditation and targeted international students.

Pakistan-linked cyber-attacks intensify as defence websites, veterans’ platforms targeted

Hackers have targeted prominent defence websites, including those of Indian Military Engineering Service & Manohar Parrikar Institute of Defence Studies & Analysis.

Complicit officials, fragile supply chain, gangs on the lookout — anatomy of a paper leak

In part 1 of a series on paper leaks, ThePrint looks at how clandestine operations involving various players have evolved over decades & what investigation in major cases revealed.

Unemotional, faster & more secure — AI has many benefits for crypto, but don’t trust it blindly

Even as the rise of AI bots for crypto trading is taking off in India, industry players warn that AI is not infallible and hackers can make use of these same tools.

US energy dept, other agencies hit in global hacking spree that exploited file-transfer software

Data was ‘compromised’ at two entities within the energy department when hackers gained access through a security flaw in MOVEit Transfer, the department said in a statement.

Nagpur unit making military weapons hit by hackers, says cybersecurity firm — ‘data up for sale’

Nagpur-based Solar Industries India Limited yet to confirm the attack. Hacker group BlackCat has taken responsibility and also reportedly invited bids for firm's info.

Was AIIMS cyberattack inevitable? Doctors flagged risks soon after hospital went digital in 2016

Documents accessed by ThePrint show that the hospital’s administration had raised concerns to the government about data and systems safety soon after digitization.

Suspected Chinese hackers collected intelligence from country’s grid near Ladakh, says report

The hackers focused on at least 7 'load dispatch' centres that are responsible for carrying out real-time operations for grid control & electricity dispersal, a US intel firm reported.

China’s cyber warfare has grown on the back of civilian recruits

China's Ministry of State Security has established a sophisticated network of private entities that hire and train hackers to work for the Xi Jinping government.

Chinese state-sponsored hackers targeted UIDAI, Times Group, report says

UIDAI networks were believed to have been breached during intrusions tracked between June and July. Data was exfiltrated from Times group between February and August.

On Camera

Empires inflicted a century of regime change on Iran. Each wanted a compliant, powerless nation

The lessons of earlier American regime-change efforts should be obvious. The dismantling of Iran’s regime could lead to the breakdown of state authority and the rise of warlords.

European gas holds near 3-year high as Middle East conflict rattles energy markets

Major energy infrastructure is in the crosshairs of the conflict, raising risks of the biggest shock since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Qatar’s largest LNG plant remains shut, fuelling supply fears.

War reaches India’s backyard as Iranian warship sunk by US submarine off Sri Lanka coast. 100 dead

Sinking of the ship has raised eyebrows in the Indian defence and security establishment. Lankan navy has recovered several bodies, believed to be of crew members.

Pakistan is fighting a two-front war. I saw it coming 15 yrs ago

The Pakistani political leadership is weak and devoid of any intellect. Its diplomacy is entirely India-China-US focused and suffers from a presumptive view of Afghanistan as a vassal.