Facebook said on Tuesday that hackers “scraped” personal data of some half-billion users back in 2019 by taking advantage of a feature designed to help people easily find friends using contact lists.
Personal details such as phone numbers of around 6.1 million (61 lakh) Indians on Facebook have allegedly been leaked online and posted on hacking forums, according to a cybersecurity executive.
WhatsApp said it has conveyed to the Indian government that it remains committed to protection of privacy of personal conversations across the country.
Smartphone users are unaware of privacy implications of some permissions they grant to apps and services and researchers have been able to identify which kind of personal information the apps extract with location tracking
Mobile phones have dramatically improved in quality over the past 20 years, especially so in the last 10 years. This means that not only are brand new phones out there for us to use, but the second hand market is full of high-quality phones too.
It is found that more than 3.2 billion email and password pairs are posted online. According to a news report, it is being called the biggest breach of all time and the mother of all breaches:
Govt has directed Twitter to comply with its order to remove contents/accounts related to farmer genocide hashtags, and warned that the microblogging platform may face penal action for non-compliance of its order.
The Cyber wing of JK police in response to growing concerns related to morphed obscene videos has issued an advisory and directed people not to engage in video calls with unknown users.
The Indian government has asked WhatsApp to withdraw the recent changes in the privacy policy of the messaging app, saying unilateral changes are unfair and unacceptable.
WhatsApp has decided to delay the rollout of its new policy update to May 15 after massive criticism from users globally, including India, over concerns that data was being shared with its parent company Facebook.
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