Internet Outages Briefly Disrupt Access To Websites, Apps
A wave of brief internet outages hit the websites and apps of dozens of financial institutions, airlines and other companies across the globe Thursday.
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Fastly Blames Software Bug For Major Global Internet Outage
Fastly Inc., the company behind a major global internet outage this week, said on Wednesday the incident was caused by a bug in its software that was triggered when one of its customers changed their settings.
Huge Internet Outage, Some Of World’s Biggest Sites Go Down
Multiple outages hit social media, government and news websites across the globe on Tuesday morning, with some reports pointing to a glitch at US-based cloud computing services provider Fastly.
Google Claims New IT Rules Not Applicable To Its Search Engine
US-based Google LLC has contended that India’s new IT rules for digital media are not applicable to its search engine, and urged the Delhi High Court on Wednesday to set aside its single judge order.
WhatsApp Files Lawsuit In Delhi High Court Against New IT Rules
WhatsApp has filed a lawsuit in Delhi High Court challenging the government’s new digital rules saying the requirement for the company to provide access to encrypted messages will break privacy protections.
Whatsapp Scraps May 15 Deadline For Accepting Privacy Policy Terms
WhatsApp has scrapped its May 15 deadline for users to accept its controversial privacy policy update and said not accepting the terms will not lead to deletion of accounts.
Facebook: Hackers Scraped Data Of 533m Users In 2019 Leak
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.
Data Of 61 Lakh Indian Facebook Users Allegedly Leaked Online: Expert
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.
Conveyed To Indian Govt Our Commitment To Protect Privacy: Whatsapp
WhatsApp said it has conveyed to the Indian government that it remains committed to protection of privacy of personal conversations across the country.
How Smartphone Apps Extract Your Data Via Location Tracking
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
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