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Australia parliamentary IT system hacked earlier this year, data of several officials stolen
•"Non-sensitive" data of two senators and a small number of lower house members was reportedly stolen.
Major security breach in Ecuador: Data of 17 million citizens, including president, Julian Assange, leaked from US server
•Data on an estimated 20 million people of Ecuador, including almost seven million minors as well as deceased citizens, was exposed in a major security breach, officials and security experts said
Days after deletion of voters' row surfaces, AP Police forms SIT, registers data theft case against Cyberabad co
•Andhra Pradesh Police filed a case and formed SIT to probe alleged theft of data from TDP's Seva Mitra app by a Cyberabad-based company, days after the Election Commission gets 8 lakh requests to delete voters names
Tokenisation of card payments can simplify and secure financial transactions, services for merchants, consumers
Anand Bajaj •Tokenisation is a process aimed at increasing the security and safety of payment systems by replacing the card details with a unique alternate payment ID or code termed as a ‘token'.
US indicts two Chinese hackers for targeting companies in a dozen countries
•US officials believe Chinese government-linked hackers be behind the data theft from Marriott hotel.
Your digital life can be sold for as low as Rs 3,500 on the Dark web: Kaspersky Lab
Ians •This can include data from social media accounts, banking details, even services like Uber, Netflix.
British Airways shows hackers to have stolen data of a total of 4,29,000 customers
•British Airways apologized in September after the credit card details of its customers were stolen.
Cathay Pacific shares slide nearly 7% to nine-year low as data leak of 9.4 million passengers rattles investors
•Cathay Pacific said the Hong Kong Police had been notified about the breach and there was no evidence that any personal information had been misused
Fake bank apps may have stolen thousands of customers' account and credit card details: Report
•The fake android apps have logo of respective banks which makes it difficult for customers to differentiate between the fake and original apps
ATM overhaul: Following RBI diktat, banks must do their bit now to protect customers' data and check fraud
Navroze Dastur •The RBI, in June, 2018, directed banks and white-label ATM operators (WLAOs) to implement anti-skimming and white listing solutions by March 2019.