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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.

Russian hackers targeting Western critical infrastructure, says UK

Russia-aligned 'hacktivists' have carried out largely harmless online campaigns that have defaced prominent public websites or knocked them offline.

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.

US Treasury targeted by Russian hackers but no major disruption took place, says official

The Treasury has attributed the attacks to Killnet, the Russian hacker group that claimed responsibility for disrupting the websites of several US states and airports in October.

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.

On Camera

This era has made journalistic independence harder than ever: New York Times publisher

Journalist Arthur Gregg Sulzberger delivered the Reuters Memorial Lecture on 4 March last year.

Inflation plunges to a 10-yr low of 0.25% in October. Here’s why

Record-low inflation gives RBI room to ease rates. Food prices have something to do with it.

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

Bihar is where politics moves, and everything else stands still

Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.