The police believe that Dutch criminals were involved in the massive Odido hack in which the data of some 6.2 million people was stolen in February. Shortly before the hack, a Dutch-speaking man called Odido’s customer service. He posed as an Odido IT employee and phished his way into gaining access to the company’s systems,...Read More

Rakuten Symphony to deploy maritime cybersecurity platform with Hanwha Ocean Rakuten Symphony has signed a commercial agreement with South Korean shipbuilder Hanwha Ocean to deploy its Rakuten Maritime vessel cybersecurity platform across the shipbuilder’s vessel design, construction and operational processes. The agreement marks the first commercial deployment of the Rakuten Maritime platform, which was launched...Read More

Restrictions on children’s use of social media in the European Union could come as early as this summer, as a long-awaited expert report next week is expected to recommend limiting minors’ access to online platforms. After Australia became the first country in the world to ban under-16s from social media, several EU nations including Denmark...Read More

During the Budget Session 2026–27, the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Empowerment of Women tabled the Fourth Report on Cyber Crimes and Cyber Safety of Women. The report identifies several facets of cybercrime ecosystem afflicting women in India, probes gaps in policy, and makes corresponding recommendations.  A primary concern with the report is the absence of...Read More

IT services organization Accenture has confirmed it experienced a data breach. This is a company that provides services to businesses and governments across the globe, including services in technology, cloud and engineering.  Ross Filipek, CISO at Corsica Technologies, comments, “Accenture is a familiar target because of where it sits in the business ecosystem. Large consulting...Read More

Recent viral videos from India show people using a mobile phone app to shut down e-rickshaws in everyday traffic. At first glance, the videos seemed almost staged. A person would open an app, connect to a nearby battery-management system over Bluetooth, and then disable the battery. More alarming was how little it required: proximity, Bluetooth access,...Read More

Generally, public institutions always refuse to pay ransoms for ransomware attacks demanded by threat actors, understanding that this does not guarantee obtaining the encrypted data or that the copies will be destroyed, and knowing that it is a way to help finance these groups. However, there are exceptions. Certain agencies, desperate or concerned about the...Read More

Doctors are renewing a push to warn parents about burn risks from squishy toys like NeeDohs, especially during summer months when a hot car can cause similar danger to the social media trend of microwaving the toys. These fidget toys are filled with a jelly-like substance. They’re viral and highly sought after by kids and...Read More

3 min readNew DelhiJul 9, 2026 11:08 AM IST Cyber fraud prevention worth more than Rs 25,000 crore, a money restoration module to give refunds to victims, and the rollout of an E‑Zero FIR initiative were among the key points briefed for the first time before Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his meeting with the...Read More

Professional services giant Accenture confirmed a data breach after a hacker claimed the theft of internal source code from the company. The incident came to light this week, when a threat actor boasted on the hacker forum PwnForums about compromising Accenture and stealing 35 gigabytes of data. According to the hacker, the information, including Azure...Read More