Hackers forced the Swedish government`s website offline for several hours today in a cyber attack in support of WikiLeaks and its founder Julian Assange, a report said. The Aftonbladet daily said the government`s official website, http://www.regeringen.se/, was offline for a few hours overnight to Thursday, publishing a screen shot which showed the server could not be reached. Th
WikiLeaks` payment processor says it is preparing to sue credit card companies Visa and MasterCard over their refusal to process donations to the secret-spilling website. The statement by Iceland`s DataCell ehf comes as Internet payment company PayPal says it will return the funds frozen in WikiLeaks` account to the foundation that was fund raising for it. It isn`t
Hackers attacked the websites of credit card giants Mastercard and Visa in revenge for their decisions to cut off funding to whistleblower website WikiLeaks. The group "Anonymous" claimed credit for bringing down the websites of the two firms after they suspended payments to WikiLeaks, and for attacking the site of a Swiss bank that closed an account of site founder Jul
As 3G mobile services are set to be rolled out soon in the country, cyber experts sound a word of caution about the high tech enabled mobile phones, which they say are more vulnerable in the world of technology related crimes. While the next generation technology aims to make life simpler enabling downloading of movies and music within minutes, it can also be used for various uns
An online community platform designed for the `print-impaired`, probably the first such in the country, seeks to make the Internet accessible to people with different needs. The platform, inclusiveplanet.com, came about after Chennai-based Rahul Cherian, while taking part in the 2008 discussions of the world blind union (WBU) centring around the WIPO treaty for the blind, realise
Vice President Alvaro Garcia Linera has posted all US diplomatic cables released by WikiLeaks that pertain to Bolivia on his official website. He told reporters yesterday he wants people to know the "barbarities and insults" of what he called Washington`s "interventionist infiltration." As Wikileaks` own sites come under attack, sympathizers hav
Master Card Worldwide, a global payments company, today said it has developed a payment solution for `Aadhaar`, the Unique Identification (UID) number. The solution will enable Aadhaar holders to perform payment transactions using UID numbers with biometric authentication, Master Card Worldwide said in a statement. The solution is based on the Unique Identification
The website of the Swedish prosecutor`s office pursuing WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has come under cyber attack in the latest salvo by his online supporters. PandaLabs, the malware detection laboratory for computer security firm Panda Security, said the prosecutor`s website, aklagare.se, was brought down yesterday by members of the "cyber hacktivist" group called &
In yet another blow to WikiLeaks, Visa Europe today said it has begun suspending payments to the whistle-blowing website ahead of carrying out an investigation into the organisation. Visa is the latest company to cut its links with Wikileaks, following online payment firm PayPal. It cut off the account used to collect donations, saying the website is engaged in illegal activity.
An e-mail sent by banned terror outfit Indian Mujahideen to several media houses claiming responsibility for the Varanasi blast today was sent from Malad in Mumbai. The Internet Protocol address of the five-page e-mail signed by `Al-Arbi` was located to Malad in the suburbs of Mumbai and police teams were immediately rushed to the area, official sources said. Terro
Ahead of Christmas, the FBI has issued a "cyber crime alert" for a new Barbie doll that doubles as a video camera, warning the toy could be used by pedophiles to make child pornography. In an alert entitled "Barbie `Video Girl` a Possible Child Pornography Production Method," the FBI said the doll has a built-in hidden camera in the chest and a small LCD scree
The government tonight approved setting up of 20 Indian Institutes of Information Technology (IIITs) at a cost of Rs 2808.71 crore. The IIITs will be set up on a Public Private Partnership (PPP) with the Centre funding 50 per cent of the capital cost, state governments 35 per cent and the rest by the industry. Each Institute is expected to specialise in application
The US has underlined its determination to hold those responsible for the criminal leak of secret American documents by whistleblower website Wikileaks, saying for now the arrest of Julian Assange "is an issue between Britain and Sweden." "Well, our investigation is ongoing. And beyond that, as to his arrest, this is, at this point, an issue between Britain and Sw
To boost the National Pension System (NPS) through easy access, brokerage firm ICICI Securities today launched the NPS facility on its portal. "The online availability of NPA will give a big boost to pension product," Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA) Chairman Yogesh Agarwal told reporters here. Anybody, above the age of 18, can ta
Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) today said India`s multi-billion IT industry is now in a "good shape" and the domestic market would record a substantial growth in the coming days. "The IT industry is now in a good shape and the industry will post substantial growth in the coming days (in the domestic market)," TCS Vice-Chairman S Ramadorai told reporters here.
Software giant Wipro today said it has bagged a contract for providing support services to telecom firm Vodafone Essar`s fixed line enterprise business customers for an undisclosed amount. Under the contract, Wipro will provide a wide range of services, including network design and implementation and integration with existing IT applications, for a period of three years.
Intel, the American chip giant, won a key concession from Russian government after threatening to shift research and development (R&D) work from the country to India or China, according to a US Department of State cable leaked by the whistle-blower WikiLeaks. Intel held high-level talks with Russian officials last year and ultimately said it would pull R&D work from the c
Australia was providing consular support to the WikiLeaks founder Julian Assanage, who was arrested in London on allegations of sexual assaults in Sweden, Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd said today. Foreign Minister offered consulate support to Assanage despite a leaked US diplomatic cable that has revealed Rudd being criticised as `abrasive, impulsive control freak`.
Nearly 14,000 police stations and 6000 other police offices across the country will become part of the Crime and Criminal Tracking Network and Systems which will help in real time intelligence sharing about offenders among agencies of state and Centre. To be set-up at the cost of Rs 2000 crore in the 11th five year plan, the Network is proposed to be implemented as a Mission mode
Telecom regulator Trai will soon float a consultation paper on value added services (VAS) that include caller tunes, ringback tones and MMS, which are offered by various applications providers. "We will bring out a consultation paper on VAS in next few days. We will see how to bring VAS into the active mainstream," Trai Chairman J S Sarma told reporters on the sidelines
