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Open house on information breaches
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Prasad Krishna
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May 26, 2017
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Jun 07, 2017 12:41 AM
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Internet Governance,
Privacy
On May 26, 2017 at the Has Geek open house participants discussed the state of information security in India the legal and regulatory measures that companies must comply with, and consumers should be aware of. Udbhav Tiwari was a speaker at the event organized by Has Geek in Bengaluru.
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iSpirt's Sharad Sharma: Sorry, I trolled Aadhaar critics
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Prasad Krishna
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May 26, 2017
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May 26, 2017 12:13 AM
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Aadhaar,
Internet Governance,
Privacy
Sharad Sharma, the man who is seen as one of the critical backbones of India's digital drive, profusely apologized on Tuesday for anonymously trolling those arguing for better privacy and security standards in Aadhaar.
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Aadhaar Card: One Identity, Multiple Disorders
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Prasad Krishna
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May 26, 2017
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Aadhaar,
Internet Governance,
Privacy
It is still hazy to see the desperation of the union government to imposing the Aadhaar Card mandatory when matters related to Aadhaar Card are already sub judice.
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Sharad Sharma's case shows how rampant troll culture has become under Modi
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Prasad Krishna
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May 25, 2017
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Jun 07, 2017 12:29 PM
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Internet Governance
Sharad Sharma's case shows how rampant troll culture has become under Modi.
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Zomato hack: You need to enhance online security with a password manager
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Prasad Krishna
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May 23, 2017
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Cyber Security,
Internet Governance,
Privacy
Hacking incident at Zomato underlines need to employ different passwords for different accounts.
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Chinese state media says U.S. should take some blame for cyber attack
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Prasad Krishna
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May 21, 2017
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Jun 07, 2017 01:12 AM
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Privacy
"WannaCry is far and away the most severe malware attack so far in 2017, and the spread of this troubling ransomware is far from over". Since the global attack was launched on Friday, several thousand more computers were discovered to be infected, particularly in Asia as the work day began on Monday. "We've seen that the slowdown of the infection rate over Friday night, after a temporary fix around it, has now been overcome by a second variation the criminals have released".
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Noida cyber cell gives tips on preventing WannaCry attack
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Prasad Krishna
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May 20, 2017
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Jun 07, 2017 01:18 AM
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Privacy
The attackers targeted a weakness found in older versions of Microsoft Windows.
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Consilience 2017 - A Conference on Artificial Intelligence & Law
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Prasad Krishna
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May 20, 2017
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Jun 07, 2017 01:47 AM
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Internet Governance
The Law and Technology Society, NLSIU organized their annual conference, Consilience, on the theme 'Artificial Intelligence and the Law' on May 20, 2017 in Bengaluru. Vidushi Marda took part in the event as a panelist.
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April 2017 Newsletter
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by
Prasad Krishna
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May 20, 2017
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Access to Knowledge,
Telecom,
Accessibility,
Internet Governance,
Researchers at Work
Welcome to the CIS newsletter for April 2017.
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Microsoft says WannaCry ransomware must be a wake-up call for governments
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Prasad Krishna
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May 20, 2017
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Jun 07, 2017 12:55 AM
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Internet Governance,
Privacy
Computer security experts said the current attack could have been much worse but for the quick action of a young researcher in Britain who discovered a vulnerability in the ransomware itself, known as WanaCryptor 2.0. It has, however, retweeted a blog post by Brad Smith, president and chief legal officer at Microsoft, who directs much of the blame toward the USA government, arguing that it should have alerted the $524 billion tech titan about the problem.
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