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Suicide videos: Facebook beefs up team to monitor content
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Prasad Krishna
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May 20, 2017
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Social Media,
Internet Governance
Responding to the spate of suicides being livestreamed, social media giant Facebook has announced it will add another 3,000 people to its 4,500-strong review team that moderates content. The review team will also work in tandem with law enforcement agencies on this issue.
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Hacker steals 17 million Zomato users’ data, briefly puts it on dark web
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
May 20, 2017
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filed under:
Cyber Security,
Hacking,
Internet Governance,
Privacy
Records of 17 million users were stolen from online restaurant search platform Zomato, the company said in a blog post on Thursday.
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Experts stress on need for enhanced security
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Prasad Krishna
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published
May 19, 2017
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last modified
May 20, 2017 06:13 AM
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Cyber Security,
Internet Governance,
Privacy
With more and more people falling prey to phishing scams, experts believe that lack of adequate security features in online payment systems will only increase the number of such cases in the coming days. While admitting that the rise in such crimes would be hard to stop or control, cyber security consultants also blame the lack of preparedness before taking the digital economy route as a cause for such problems.
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135 million aadhaar details, 100 million bank accounts "leaked" from government websites: Researchers
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
May 05, 2017
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last modified
May 20, 2017 06:19 AM
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UIDAI,
Aadhaar,
Internet Governance,
Privacy
This was published by Counterview on May 5, 2017.
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India’s Supreme Court hears challenge to biometric authentication system
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
May 03, 2017
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last modified
May 20, 2017 06:44 AM
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filed under:
Biometrics,
Aadhaar,
Internet Governance,
Privacy
Two lawsuits being heard this week before India’s Supreme Court question a requirement imposed by the government that individuals should quote a biometrics-based authentication number when filing their tax returns.
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4th National Standards Conclave Evolving a Comprehensive National Strategy for Standards Sectoral and Regional Inclusiveness
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
May 20, 2017
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filed under:
Internet Governance
Udbhav Tiwari represented CIS in the 4th National Standards Conclave held on the May 1 and 2, 2017 at The Lalit, New Delhi. The event was organized by the Ministry of Commerce and Industry and the Confederation of Indian Industry.
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Fourth National Standards Conclave
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
May 20, 2017
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Details of 135 million Aadhaar card holders may have leaked, claims CIS report
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Prasad Krishna
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published
May 02, 2017
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last modified
May 20, 2017 08:42 AM
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filed under:
Aadhaar,
Internet Governance,
Privacy
The disclosure came as part of a CIS report titled ‘Information Security Practices of Aadhaar (or lack thereof): A Documentation of Public Availability of Aadhaar Numbers with Sensitive Personal Financial Information’.
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Aadhaar data of over 13 crore people exposed: New report
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Prasad Krishna
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May 03, 2017
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last modified
May 20, 2017 08:57 AM
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Aadhaar,
Internet Governance,
Privacy
Ajay Bhushan Pandey, CEO of UIDAI, the nodal body for Aadhaar, said, “There is no data leak from UIDAI.”
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UIDAI remains silent on #Aadhaarleaks of 13 crore users through government portals
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
May 02, 2017
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last modified
May 20, 2017 11:06 AM
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filed under:
Aadhaar,
Internet Governance,
Privacy
As the arguments for making Aadhaar mandatory go on, is there any way to stem the leaks and identify who exactly has all this information.
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