London: Cybercrime is costing the UK economy 670 million British pounds a year, says government, but true figure is likely to be higher. According to the figures released by Get Safe Online, which is a joint public private internet safety initiative, 51 percent of the population has fallen victim to cases of hacking, online abuse…
Cybercrime is racing ahead of law enforcers’ ability to control it as the “dark web”, or “deep” internet, expands, a former senior civil servant warned. But Sir David Omand, a former director of eavesdropping centre GCHQ and former UK security and intelligence co-ordinator, dismissed suggestions that attempts to curb internet crime were leading to “mass…
Keeping in view increasing numbers of cases of non-compliance of orders, the central information commission is working on an information management system (IMS) to keep a tab on the defaulting public information officer (PIO). The IMS which is awaiting DoPT’s approval would enable officials to prepare list of defaulting PIOs and also status of other orders passed…
The central goverment is working towards the linking of the mobile SIM with Unique Identification (UID) number or Aadhaar card. “The prime minister (Narendra Modi) has directed us to link the SIM of the mobiles with the Unique Id. We are working on that issue and I am sure we will be able to resolve issues,”…
Thousands of protesters in the Hungarian capital Budapest have demanded a halt to a proposed law which would place a tax on internet use. Demonstrators held their mobile phones aloft outside the economy ministry and hurled old computer parts at the gates of the ruling Fidesz party. Campaigners say the legislation is “anti-democratic” and will…