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UIDAI puts posers to CIS over Aadhaar data leak claim
Aadhaar-issuing authority UIDAI has asked research firm Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) to explain its sensational claim that 13 crore Aadhaar numbers were "leaked" and provide details of servers where they are stored.
What’s Hard To Digest About The Zomato Hacking
Yet another day, yet another major security breach. But, this time it’s not a presidential candidate in the U.S. or the U.K.’s National Health Service. Instead. it’s Zomato, the popular Indian online food delivery and restaurant search service.
Hack exposes Zomato's weak protection of customer data, say Cyber experts
Online restaurant aggregator says it will beef up security after 17 million user details were stolen.
IT companies in Bengaluru on high alert over WannaCry ransomware
In the wake of the ransomware attack triggered by WannaCry virus, IT firms in Bengaluru are racing against time to updating their security systems. At some firms, employees have been asked to stay away from work for a few hours, while many other companies have declared holiday for a day or two for their employees.
Google, Facebook's AI group adds new members
CIS is one of the organizations.
22 nieuwe leden voor Partnership on AI
Partnership on AI, een non-profit organisatie ter bevordering van het algemeen begrip van kunstmatige intelligentie en de ontwikkeling van best practices, heeft 22 nieuwe leden aangekondigd.
Intel, eBay, SAP, Salesforce y Sony colaborarán en inteligencia artificial
Junto a otras empresas como Zalando, McKinsey & Company o Cogitai han decidido unirse a la asociación Partnership on AI impulsada por Amazon, Google, Facebook, IBM y Microsoft.
Partnership on AI adds new organizations to its network
The Partnership on AI to Benefit People and Society (Partnership on AI) is strengthening its network of partners by welcoming new organizations to share their diverse, unique perspectives on AI.
WannaCry: ATMs not to shut down, clarifies RBI, but how safe are our machines?
SBI has denied there was any compromise in its ATMs.
Intel, Salesforce, eBay, Sony and others join the grand AI partnership club
Adding more ammunition to the grand AI alliance, Intel, Salesforce, eBay, Sony, SAP, McKinsey & Company, Zalando and Cogitai are joining the Partnership on AI, a collection of companies and non-profits that have committed to share best practices and communicating openly about the prospects and challenges of artificial intelligence research.
Partnership on AI Adds Corporate, NGO Members, Charts Initial Course
Artificial intelligence is a booming business in 2017, but one that also comes with significant baggage in the form of public misunderstanding, potential job losses, and fear.
The Partnership on AI has Intel, SalesForce, Ebay and others as its newest members
A slew of industry heavyweights have decided to augment the ranks of the Partnership on AI. New joiners to the group, which includes companies and non-profits, include names like Intel, Salesforce, eBay, Sony, SAP, McKinsey & Company, Zalando and Cogitai.
22 companies join Partnership on AI, begin to study AI's impact on work and society
The non-profit artificial intelligence organization added new groups into its fold, and announced initiatives on developing AI best practices and harnessing the technology for social good.
UIDAI asks Centre for Internet & Society to provide hacker details
The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), the regulatory authority for Aadhaar, has written to a Bengaluru-based research organisation, Centre for Internet & Society (CIS), seeking details about a suspected hack attack on government websites that led to the leak of information about 13 crore users.
Provide hacker details, outfit that claimed data leak told
The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), the regulatory authority for Aadhaar, has written to a Bengaluru-based research organisation, Centre for Internet & Society (CIS), seeking details about a suspected hack attack on government websites that led to the leak of information about 13 crore users.
Plug data leak before imposing Aadhaar
As the Central government continues to expand the scope and boundaries of the applicability of Aadhaar, the unique identification number, even before the Supreme Court’s verdict on its constitutional validity, reports suggesting that millions of Aadhaar numbers may have been leaked deliberately or inadvertently are a matter of grave concern.
Indian Government says it is still drafting privacy law, but doesn’t give timelines
India is building a biometric database for 1.3 billion people — and enrollment is mandatory
Inside the buzzing enrollment agency, young professionals wearing slim-fitting jeans and lanyards around their necks tapped away at keyboards and fiddled with fingerprint scanning devices as they helped build the biggest and most ambitious biometric database ever conceived.
Aadhaar: Are a billion identities at risk on India's biometric database
"My fingerprints and iris are mine and my own. The state cannot take away my body," a lawyer told India's Supreme Court last week.
In The Biggest Data Leak, Info Of 13 Crore Aadhaar Card Holders Has Been Compromised And Is Available Online
The Modi government has been trying to make Aadhaar mandatory for everything from Income Tax return, buying a SIM card, bank transaction, train ticket, air travel, mid-day meal government subsidies etc.
