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Topic: hacking

After Chinese, now North Korean hackers are eyeing CoWIN, cyber intel firm alerts

Cyber intelligence firm Cyfirma says purpose of fake CoWIN sites is to collect personal information from Indian users and use that for cyberattacks.

Chinese hackers are still trying to target an Indian port, US cybersecurity firm says

US cybersecurity firm says it could see ‘handshake’ — indicating exchange of traffic — between China-linked group & Indian maritime port as of Tuesday.

Russian hackers suspected to be behind breach of US agencies viewed source code — Microsoft

Source code shows how computer programs work. Gaining access to such code could have given hackers valuable insight into how they might exploit programs or evade detection.

IndiGo servers hacked, some data could have been compromised, airline says

The hacking incident, which happened in December, comes just as the airline, operated by InterGlobe Aviation Ltd., could start slowly rehiring staff.

First there was Covid, & then Sunburst — the other virus that disrupted 2020

Sunburst malware was released through Orion Platform's auto-update feature, crippling networks. How India reacted to this was telling in how well prepared it is against such threat actors.

US urges American firms to avoid Chinese data service companies

The advisory, issued by the Department of Homeland Security, has imposed further penalties on Chinese firms amid continuing deterioration in relations between the two countries.

US nuclear agency, three states attacked by suspected Russian hackers

Hackers with ties to the Russian government are suspected to be behind the attack that took advantage of weaknesses in the US supply chain to penetrate several federal agencies.

Suspected Russian hackers attack US govt agencies

Breaches at US Treasury and Commerce departments and those of other government agencies took place in an attack that started months ago, the Washington Post reported.

Only common agenda between Trump and Biden — tackling the China challenge

Most strategic analysts in the US today unhesitatingly declare that the main economic, technological & security challenge in coming years will be from China.

Russia is behind a majority of nation-state cyber-attacks on its users, Microsoft says

According to a company report, 52% of the 13,000 hacking alerts between July 2019-June 2020 were related to Russian hackers, with targets ranging from elections to the Olympics.

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Indians have a complicated relationship with Zohran Mamdani

Mamdani’s politics feels unusual compared to India’s current climate. He unapologetically foregrounds Muslim identity at a time when doing so in India invites scrutiny.

What does NCLAT order mean for data-sharing ban, penalty imposed by CCI on Meta & WhatsApp

On 4 November 2025, NCLAT bench, comprising Chairperson Justice Ashok Bhushan and Member Arun Baroka, noted that WhatsApp and Meta are distinct legal entities.

‘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.

Trump’s trade wars have rewritten powerplay, but India didn’t get the memo

This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.