Author Archives: Vijayashankar Na
13th Anniversary of the Indian “Digital Society Day”
It is 17th October once again. The day is of significance to all Cyber Space watchers in India since it was on this day in the year 2000 India notified the Information Technology Act 2000 (ITA 2000) bringing in legal … Continue reading
Adobe Hacked
It is reported that the systems of Adobe have been hacked and sensitive information of 2.9 million users have been compromised. See report The compromised information includes credit card information which can be misused. Users who have bought Adobe products … Continue reading
List of Adjudicators in India
As per the Information Technology Act 2000 and the notification there under of 25th March 2003, IT Secretaries of every State and Union Territory in India act as “Adjudicator” of their respective State or Union Territory. Such Adjudicator has sole … Continue reading
False Death Certificate issued at Madurai Corporation
A Cyber Crime case has been registered in connection with the issue of false death certificates at Madurai Corporation. (Refer report here) While the instant case could be a prank, it highlights the information risks that exist in many e-Governance … Continue reading
US Shutdown
The forced shutdown of US Government has now entered the second day and is threatening to affect other economies. For general information we may state that US Shut down has arisen because the House of Representatives dominated by the Republican … Continue reading
RBI mandates Bank liability for POS frauds
RBI had announced certain risk mitigation measures for Card Present transactions vide 22nd Sept 2011. Under this circular, it had been mandated that Banks should implement commercial readiness of acquiring infrastructure to support PIN based POS systems before June 30, … Continue reading