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A cyberattack is any type of offensive maneuver employed by individuals or whole organizations that targets computer information systems, infrastructures, computer networks, and/or personal computer devices by various means of malicious acts usually originating from an anonymous source that either steals, alters, or destroys a specified target by hacking into a susceptible system.
Data breach incidences in India were the second highest globally in 2018, according to a report by digital security firm Gemalto. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] With over 690 million internet subscribers [ 3 ] and growing, India has increasingly seen a rise in data breaches both in the private and public sector.
It slowly became clear that it was a cyber attack on Iran's nuclear facilities—with most experts believing that Israel [72] was behind it—perhaps with US help. December 3: The first Malware Conference, MALCON took place in India. Founded by Rajshekhar Murthy, malware coders are invited to showcase their skills at this annual event supported ...
September: Mirai creates headlines by launching some of the most powerful and disruptive DDoS attacks seen to date by infecting the Internet of Things. Mirai ends up being used in the DDoS attack on 20 September 2016 on the Krebs on Security site which reached 620 Gbit/s. [97] Ars Technica also reported a 1 Tbit/s attack on French web host OVH ...
There were two such instances between India and Pakistan that involved cyberspace conflicts, starting in the 1990s. Earlier cyber attacks came to be known as early as 1999. [9] Since then, India and Pakistan were engaged in a long-term dispute over Kashmir which moved into cyberspace. Historical accounts indicated that each country's hackers ...
This is a list of reports about data breaches, using data compiled from various sources, including press reports, government news releases, and mainstream news articles.. The list includes those involving the theft or compromise of 30,000 or more records, although many smaller breaches occur continual
CJAR stated that this was an attack on the independence of the judiciary and called for a response from the highest court in the land. It also stated that the snooping was patently illegal. CJAR further stated that the allegations of hacking of a sitting Supreme Court judge of ex- Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi 's staffer, who accused ...
May: Operation of the U.S. Colonial Pipeline is interrupted by a ransomware cyber operation. [138] May: On 21 May 2021 Air India was subjected to a cyberattack wherein the personal details of about 4.5 million customers around the world were compromised including passport, credit card details, birthdates, names and ticket information. [139] [140]