Websites leaking Aadhaar and PAN card details: What IT ministry said in its ‘ban order’ – Times of India

The government has blocked websites that reportedly exposed sensitive information, including Aadhaar and PAN Card details of citizens. Reports suggested that at least two websites were leaking personal identifiable data, and both the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) and the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) were looking into the issue.“The Government of India…

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Microsoft outage: Government asks companies to block these 25 ‘dangerous URLs’ — full list – Times of India

Earlier this month several businesses across the world came to a standstill, thanks to a flawed security update that the US-based cybersecurity company CrowdStrike pushed for Microsoft Windows machines. The defective software update pushed by CrowdStrike to its customers disrupted airlines, banks, hospitals and other critical services, affecting about 8.5 million machines running Microsoft’s Windows…

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