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Data security
Online learning platform Unacademy hacked, details of 22 million users available for sale: Reports
Reportedly, the records include usernames, hashed passwords (SHA-256), date joined, last login date, email addresses, first and last names, account profile (staff member/a superuser), account status etc.
Aarogya Setu replies to French ethical hacker who flagged privacy issues, clarifies no personal data compromised
Aarogya Setu determines the location of the person and informs whether he is in proximity to a Coronavirus positive patient.
Modi govt and the Aarogya Setu app: Why the outrage over ‘Data Privacy’ in the times of Covid-19 does not make sense
Some are selective in their interpretation of privacy depending on where such data is posted and this is the mindset that led to outrage against the Aarogya Setu app.
Kerala government in dock over breaching the privacy of people under quarantine: Read details about Sprinklr data scam
The data of more than 1.75 lakh symptomatic patients were collected and transferred to a private company named Sprinklr by Kerala govt.
Database with 267 million Facebook user profiles sold on the dark web: Reports
The leaked user records comprised of unique Facebook IDs, email addresses, age, and even phone numbers.
SBI data breach: Bank forgets to password secure its server, ends up compromising customer details
State Bank of India (SBI) forgot to secure its server hosting sensitive information which resulted in a severe data breach
Notorious serial petitioner ML Sharma files another petition, this time against 10 agencies authorised for surveillance
M L Sharma has been fined and reprimanded by courts several times in the past for his petitions
Did anti-Aadhar brigade lose interest in Cambridge Analytica because Congress’ name came up?
We will never know if Cambridge Analytica actually stole data for the Congress Party
The Wire’s lack of editorial standards is just as apparent as their latest lie
It is apparent that The Wire's editorial standards are near absent.
Congress app mysteriously disappears from PlayStore after they get exposed for stealing user data
The breach of data privacy gets murkier and murkier.