By Cyber Lawyer on March 7, 2010
A recent FIR registered with Delhi Police, points how a weak password can sometimes lead to loss of business profits.
In the said matter… it is alleged by the complainant that the hacker has contaminated the complainant’s computer with viruses, business and personal emails have been hacked, downloaded all the critical business information and have attempted [...]
Posted in Cyber Crime, Cyber Laws, India
By Cyber Lawyer on February 10, 2010
The beginning of 2010 saw some of the Big portals complaining about Data Theft and took legal recourse… first matter was between Travel Portals – Travelocity.co.in V. ClearTrip.com and secondly between Yellow Pages – JustDial V. Infomedia (network 18 group).
In the Travel Portal matter, Travelocity has filed an FIR with Gurgaon Poilce against CEO, Cleartrip [...]
Posted in Court Decision, Cyber Crime, Cyber Laws, India | Tagged Cyber Crime, Data Theft, India
By Cyber Lawyer on February 8, 2010
On Sunday, visitors to Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) website were taken for a hacker’s surprize as the HomePage of the website greeted visitors with a ‘For Sale’ message. It has been reported that the problem was at Domain Registrar as no servers were compromised but it was a case of DNS hijacking.
According to the wikipedia: DNS [...]
Posted in Cyber Crime, Cyber Laws, India | Tagged Asia, Computer Hacking, Cyber Crime, Cyber Law, Information Technology (Amendment) Act 2008
By Cyber Lawyer on February 5, 2010
Web is buzzing with news of alliance between Google with National Security Alliance. It says that Google is teaming up with the agency for cyber security reasons… specifically to investigate into a corporate espionage attack, that originated in China. The partnership strikes at the core of one of the most sensitive issues for the government [...]
Posted in Cyber Crime, Google, USA
By Cyber Lawyer on February 2, 2010
Hon’ble Law Minister Mr Veerappa Molly while addressing a seminar for Judges, head of Police force and prosecution of state, called for Cyber Crime Police on National Level on the lines of US and South Korea. Further he pressed for special training for the Police force, so that they are better equipped and trained to deal [...]
Posted in Cyber Crime, Cyber Laws, India
By Cyber Lawyer on December 29, 2009
The Managing Director of K.K.Solutions, Kamlesh Jha, has been arrested by CBI on a complaint by Microsoft on the grounds of piracy and manipulation of genuine Microsoft Products.
The accused was a gold certified partner of Microsft. He was obtaining Pirated software CDs, packaging material and fake certificate of Authencity (COAs) from China, which were used for packing of manipulated genuine [...]
Posted in Cyber Crime, India | Tagged Asia, CBI, Copyright Law, India, Information Technology (Amendment) Act 2008, Microsoft
By Cyber Lawyer on November 18, 2009
Sergei Tsurikov, 25, of Tallinn, Estonia; Viktor Pleshchuk, 28, of St. Petersburg, Russia; Oleg Covelin, 28, of Chisinau, Moldova; and a person known only as “Hacker 3;”
have been indicted by a federal grand jury in Atlanta, Ga., on charges of hacking into a computer network operated by the Atlanta-based credit card processing company
RBS WorldPay, which [...]
Posted in Cyber Crime, USA
By Cyber Lawyer on November 17, 2009
India and Pakistan virtual war goes on in cyber space. According to the reports, hackers from across the border are working overtime to launch cyber attacks on Indian websites in their cross hair.
Reports indicate that around 40-50 sites are being hacked by Pakistani hackers on a daily basis whereas around 10 Pakistani sites are being [...]
Posted in Asia, Cyber Crime, India
By Cyber Lawyer on November 14, 2009
Anoushka’s email account was hacked by an ex-friend and businessman from Mumbai in early 2009. Businessman Junaid Khan got access to some of the private photographs of Anoushka from her email account and demanded a ransom of $1,00,000 for not making the photographs public through email sent in the months of March & April 2009.
The [...]
Posted in Cyber Crime, India
By Cyber Lawyer on November 12, 2009
Cyber Criminals Toolkits on sale — Interview with Tech Consultant Jesse Hirsh.
… some malicious hackers have started selling their expertise online. Want a virus, you can get one in your very own cyber crime tool kit along with 12 months technical support !!!
Posted in Cyber Crime, USA, Video
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