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Bengaluru – Police recently arrested the man behind an Instagram account that posted videos of women walking on CBD roads without their permission. This incident has sparked concerns about the safety and privacy of women. The account had around 11,000 followers and featured videos taken without the women’s consent. One college student, who appeared in […]
The British Army made a serious mistake by leaking the personal details of about 20,000 Afghans nationals who had applied to move to the UK. The UK government will now relocate nearly 7,000 Afghans to Britain for their safety. The leak exposed names and sensitive data of Afghans who had supported UK forces during operations […]
Sri Lanka Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU), under the Central Bank, has signed an agreement with Oman’s National Center for Financial Information (NCFI) to share information about money laundering and terrorist financing. The agreement, signed under Sri Lanka’s Financial Transactions Reporting Act, allows both countries to exchange data about suspicious financial activities, especially those involving international […]
Three healthcare organizations—Iron County Medical Center in Missouri, Regional Center of the East Bay in California, and Winkler County Hospital District in Texas—have recently reported separate data breaches involving email. These incidents involved unauthorized access or unintentional sharing of patients’ protected health information (PHI). Iron County Medical Center, Missouri Iron County Medical Center, based in […]
Hackers Steal Personal Data of 5.4 Million in Major Healthcare Breach Hackers are still targeting companies in the healthcare sector, and a recent cyberattack has left millions of people vulnerable. The medical billing company Episource experienced a major data breach earlier this year, and it is now notifying around 5.4 million Americans by mail that […]
In the first five months of 2025, Indians lost nearly ₹7,000 crore to online Scams, according to an estimate shared by the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA). More than half of this amount was taken by scam networks based in Cambodia and other Southeast Asian nations like Myanmar, Vietnam, Laos, and Thailand, as reported by […]
Louis Vuitton has confirmed that on July 2, an unauthorized party penetrated its systems in the United Kingdom, gaining access to personal data of some customers, including names, contact information, and purchase history. The company said no financial data, such as credit card or bank account information, were accessed. This incident follows similar cyber-attacks on […]
Indian Government Warns Windows and Office Users of Serious Security Threat The Indian government has issued a strong warning to users of Microsoft Windows and Office about a serious security risk. The alert was released in July 2025 by CERT-In, the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team, and it affects millions of people using Windows and […]
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg will testify this week in a rare trial where shareholders are accusing Facebook of misusing user data. The case, valued at $8 billion, focuses on how the company managed privacy issues before and after the Cambridge Analytica scandal. The lawsuit claims that Zuckerberg, former COO Sheryl Sandberg, and other board members […]
A new MarketsandMarkets report finds that the global market for Data Protection as a Service (DPaaS) will grow from $26.04 billion in 2024 to $74.91 billion by 2030, with a strong compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 19.3%. DPaaS is gaining traction because it offers a cost-effective way to back up data, ensure security, comply […]