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Meta Fined €91M by EU Privacy Regulator for Password Storage Issues
Meta Fined €91M by EU Privacy Regulator for Password Storage Issues

Meta has been fined €91 million by the EU privacy regulator over improper password storage practices, citing violations of GDPR data protection rules.

Data Protection Bill Enables Citizen Surveillance, Will Have ‘Chilling Effect’ on Press Freedom: Edi
Data Protection Bill Enables Citizen Surveillance, Will Have ‘Chilling Effect’ on Press Freedom: Edi

The Editors Guild of India has expressed concerns about the Data Protection Bill, saying that it could enable citizen surveillance and have a "chilling effect"

Data Protection Bill approved by Cabinet: Content, concerns
Data Protection Bill approved by Cabinet: Content, concerns

The Union Cabinet has approved the draft of the Data Protection Bill, 2022. The bill is expected to be introduced in Parliament in the coming months.

Cyber attack on AIIMS Delhi's servers originated in China, say gov.sources
Cyber attack on AIIMS Delhi's servers originated in China, say gov.sources

Senior MoHFW officials reported that five out of the 40 physical servers were compromised by hackers, data from all five servers has been successfully recovered

The ICMR website received 6,000 unsuccessful hacking attempts per day.
The ICMR website received 6,000 unsuccessful hacking attempts per day.

According to a representative, the NIC data centre, which uses the NIC firewall that is continuously updated, hosts the ICMR website.

TRAI is developing technology to stop annoying calls and messages
TRAI is developing technology to stop annoying calls and messages

According to TRAI, initiatives are being taken to control unsolicited commercial telemarketing by unregistered telemarketers.

Sharing of deep fakes will be illegal in the UK under a new online safety bill.
Sharing of deep fakes will be illegal in the UK under a new online safety bill.

Between April 2015 and December 2021, one in 14 adults in England and Wales reported receiving a threat to distribute pornographic photos.