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“Massive Cyber Attack Targets 12,000 Indian Government Websites: National Security at Risk” A hacking group known as “Hacktivist Indonesia” has announced its intention to target 12,000 Indian government websites in the near future. The Ministry of Home Affairs’ Indian Cybercrime Coordination Centre (I4C) has circulated an alert to all agencies, Central and State government wings, stating that the group has circulated a list of websites they plan to attack. While authorities have noted that the hackers could be operating within or outside the country, the location or origin of ‘Hacktivist Indonesia’ remains unknown. The group has been linked to cyber attacks in Sweden, Israel and the US. However, the Indian government has reassured the public that its websites are “updated” and “capable” of handling such threats, and the alert was circulated on the basis of inputs received by its Cyber Threat Intelligence wing following open-source intelligence. The list reportedly includes thousands of...

500 million Whatsapp users, including from India, at risk of data breach According to a Cybernews report, WhatsApp data from nearly half a billion users in 84 countries, including India, may have been compromised and sold online. According to the report, it investigated a data sample after a post on a "well-known hacking community forum" claimed to be selling an up-to-date database of 487 million WhatsApp users and discovered that the claim was most likely true, implying that 25% of the total 2 billion monthly active users worldwide could be at risk. Leaked phone numbers could be used for any number of reasons, including marketing and phishing. The report said more than 32 million of the leaked records were from users in the US, followed by the UK (11 million). The most affected nations include Egypt (45 million), Italy (35 million), Saudi Arabia (29 million), France (20 million), Turkey (20 million), and Russia (10 million). In India, the report added, more than 6 million Wh...

5G Network Boon or Bane?   Cell networks today utilize the most trend-setting innovations to offer the best types of assistance for cell phone clients. 5G is the fifth-age cell network innovation that permits clients to acquire benefits. It is supplanting 4G organizations gradually in various regions of the planet that takes special care of the requirements of cell phone clients when they need to get information. The organization benefits people as well as designers to convey applications quicker. Then again, it is critical to know the advantages and disadvantages of 5G innovation exhaustively which will assist in pursuing the ideal choice.   Pros of 5G   High velocities 5G works quicker on cell phones and different gadgets when contrasted with 4G and 4G LTE. It permits clients to download films, recordings, and music in seconds rather than minutes. The organization has a 20 Gbps speed empowering associations to involve something similar for administrations,...