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Trump not forthcoming but tech firms alert Congress of threats to election security
With the Trump administration blocking what Congress learns about election threats, private companies are called upon to fill the breach.
Not Russia, just a group of young hackers responsible for Twitter attack: NYT
The paper interviewed four people who took part in the hacking, who shared logs and screenshots to back up their statements of what happened
Govt issues notice to Twitter seeking info on Indian users affected by hack
CERT-In has also asked Twitter if affected users have been informed about unauthorised access to their Twitter accounts.
Hacking threats to US infrastructure up amid pandemic, says military cyber official
Virtual war games are being conducted to sharpen the US Cyber Command’s ability to counter online threats
Probe on as protestors take down websites, disrupt police radio in US
There were interruptions to police radio frequencies in the last weekend of May as despatchers tried to direct responses to large protests.
Zoom to boost security on free accounts, prevent Zoombombing, after New York probe
The company also agreed to conduct regular risk assessment and software code reviews to detect vulnerabilities.
You can opt not to have Zoom calls routed through China, but only if you pay
Amid concerns over information passing through China where it might be subject to snooping, users of the free app have no such protection
Quick with a fix, Zoom rolls out measures to prevent Zoombombing
Last week’s embarrassing hacking of official group calls by naked men exposed the lack of security in the videoconferencing web app
Warning! SpiceJet confirms data breach of 1.2 million passenger details
A security researcher gained access to one of the airline's systems by brute-forcing an easily-guessable password.
India plans security audit of WhatsApp after hacking attempt
WhatsApp last month sued Israeli surveillance firm NSO Group, accusing it of helping clients break into the phones.