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'Embarrassed, disappointed' Twitter says last week's hack hit 130 accounts

Company says for up to eight accounts attackers also downloaded information through the Your Twitter Data tool

Govt scans investments by Chinese companies in India with PLA links

Sources close to the government said that one of the top projects is going on in Karnataka

Govt seeks details from Twitter on global hack targeting high-profile users

The source privy to the development told PTI that CERT-In has also asked Twitter for information on number of users from India who have visited the malicious tweets and links

Twitter says hackers used employee credentials to gain access to accounts

'Attackers appear to have used social engineering tactics to force employees to take certain actions and divulge key information'

Before Twitter hack campaign, online forum offered user accounts for $2,500

For $250, the seller promised to reveal the e-mail and for $2,500, the entire account

Twitter hacking episode: FBI launches probe amid rising security concerns

The hack saw the accounts of prominent personalities including US presidential hopeful Joe Biden, Tesla CEO Elon Musk, Microsoft Co-founder Bill Gates and of Apple getting simultaneously hacked

Twitter hack hits Obama, Biden, Musk in Bitcoin scam; stock sinks

Others whose Twitter accounts were caught up in the security incident included Bill Gates, Elon Musk, Kanye West, Uber Technologies Inc, Apple, and Michael Bloomberg

'Tough day' for Jack Dorsey, massive Twitter hack: Things you should know

So far, the crypto address mentioned in the tweets received more than $110,000 Bitcoins

Many verified Twitter accounts able to post again after cryptocurrency scam

Twitter had limited some users' ability to tweet, reset passwords and use other unspecified "account functions" after many of the platform's top accounts were hacked

Top headlines: Major Twitter hack, Google investment, RIL 5G, and more

From major Twitter accounts of Biden, Bill Gates and Obama hacked, Google buying stake in Jio Platforms to Reliance eyeing 5G network and smartphones, here are top headlines of the day

India-sponsored computer centre in South Africa cleared out in robbery

Students who relied on the computer training provided at low or no cost have been left destitute after the centre was cleaned out in a robbery recently

Dunzo suffers data breach; users' phone numbers, email IDs exposed

Google-backed delivery services startup says clients' payment information was not compromised.

Cybersecurity top priority for Indian CIOs post Covid-19 pandemic: Adobe

The CIOs from India and Australia re-asserted that cyber security continues to be one of the most cited areas for planned investment

Online marketplace LimeRoad's user data leaked, firm denies allegations

LimeRoad was co-founded in 2012 by Suchi Mukherjee, Manish Saksena and Ankush Mehra as a fashion marketplace for women.

Chinese hackers attack defence ministry, many pvt entities like Jio: Report

The sectors that were targeted were telecom, pharma, media companies, smartphone makers, construction, and tyre firms

Ransomware allegedly hits Indiabulls Group, threaten to leak info: Cyble

The leaked data seems to be a warning by the ransomware operators to Indiabulls group to accept their terms within 24 hours

Worrying trend: In last few years, hacking in India sees alarming growth

India saw second highest phishing hosting attacks in Q1 2019

Private, not confidential: How data is a casualty in the time of pandemic

Battling the pandemic demands an unprecedented amount of citizen surveillance and data collection. In all of this, does privacy matter? Neha Alawadhi and Arundhuti Dasgupta report

Google sees resurgence in state-backed hacking, Covid-19-related phishing

Google said it continued to see attacks from hackers on medical and healthcare professionals, including WHO employees

Hacker selling customer data of 3 crypto wallets, 1 investment platform

Data of customers who allegedly purchased products using Shopify from these crypto wallets have been compromised