WikiLeaks has divulged a secret list compiled by Washington of key infrastructure sites around the world that could pose a critical danger to US security if they come under terrorist attack. The newly released diplomatic cable is one of the most explosive yet out of many leaked by the whistle-blowing website that have heaped embarrassment on Washington and caused anger around the
The Delhi government will now release the old age pension, widow pension and handicapped pension on line. The decision was taken in the cabinet meeting presided over by chief minister Sheila Dikshit on Monday. The departments of social welfare and women & child development under the state government had been facing difficulties in verification of applications received fo
A Chinese Internet firm has been ordered to pay compensation to the parents of a university student who killed himself in a suicide pact arranged online via instant messaging, state press said today. The Internet firm Tencent was ordered by a court in east China`s Zhejiang province to pay 55,600 yuan (USD 8,350) for failing to block messages that led to the suicide of the student
More and more companies are becoming aware of the need for better information security systems and are ready to spend more on this than their global peers, if a study is any indication. According to an Ernst & Young survey, as many as 61 per cent of the 150 domestic firms surveyed say they will spend more on information security next year, while the global average is only 46
Toughening its stand against Etisalat DB`s proposal to increase stakes in Swan Telecom, the Government has decided to convey to the Delhi High Court its reservations about the telecom firm`s move citing "security reasons". Highly placed government sources said the Home Ministry would file a detailed affidavit before the High Court explaining its position why it refused
A French judge declined to force web provider OVH to shut down the WikiLeaks site, OVH has said, after the government called for the whistleblower website to be kicked out of France. The legal challenge came after French Industry Minister Eric Besson called for WikiLeaks to be banned from French servers after the site took refuge there on Thursday, having been expelled from the U
Attacking Prime Minister Julia Gillard for being "clumsy", the opposition has criticised her for failing to pinpoint any Australian law broken by the whistleblower website WikiLeaks. Stating that the `foundation stone of it was an illegal act`, Gillard failed to answer on which Australian laws were broken by either WikiLeaks or Assange. She said the Austr
With an aim to improve law and order situation, a database of drivers, security personnel and employees working in private companies located in Gurgaon will be prepared by the police. While such a rough database will be ready by this month end, the final database would be available by March 2011, Gurgaon Police Commissioner S S Deswal today said here in an official release.
The Philippines has become the call centre capital of the world, overtaking India as the number one player in the global business outsourcing market, according to industry data and the government. President Benigno Aquino has led celebrations in recent weeks as it has become increasingly clear that the Southeast Asian nation has become the world`s dominant player in the outsource
To track down the stolen laptops, the district police today joined hands with an anti-virus software manufacturer. Under this, Indore Range Inspector General Sanjay Rana launched a laptop tracker service developed by Quick Heal Technologies (QHT) at police control room. The laptop users can avail this service free of cost, a QHT officer said adding that under this,
IT firm HCL Infosystems has said it will set up a development centre in Thiruvananthapuram that will create employment opportunities for about 1,600 people over the next nine years. The company, which received the formal possession of two acres of land for setting up the facility, will set up the centre for designing software services and system integration product labs.
In the wake of the CBI website falling prey to cyber hacking, government today issued stringent guidelines making it mandatory for official websites to go for auditing on a regular basis. "We have issued new guidelines today...the state governments and central government will have to get their websites audited and upgrade their firewalls," Minister of state for IT Sachi
Close on the heels of hacking of the CBI website, Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) today said it was developing a mechanism to make websites hacking-proof. This was stated by Dr V K Saraswat, Scientific Advisor to Defence Minister and Director General of DRDO, on the sidelines of a function where he was conferred with a D. Sc degree by the KIIT University at i
The recent hacking of CBI`s website by a group called `Pakistani Cyber Army` has raised questions over the safety regulations of servers provided by National Informatics Centre, the organisation responsible for maintaining government servers. While the NIC maintains a studied silence over the entire issue, sources in the security establishment say that the safety mechanism of the
City-based Ali Yavar Jung National Institute for Hearing Handicapped (AYJNIHH) was conferred with the national award for the best accessible website. The award was received by Institute Director Prof R Rangasayee yesterday at a function organised by the Union Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment. Rangasayee said the website of the institute received over 46
Utilizing the possibilities of new generation technology was important for banks to reach out to villages in India to achieve targets of programmes like total financial inclusion, RBI Regional Director Suma Varma observed here. Inaugurating the Financial Inclusion Smart Card of South Indian Bank (SIB) here today, she said taking banking services to even remote villages in the cou
President Barack Obama should resign if it can be shown that he approved spying by US diplomatic figures on UN officials, the founder of WikiLeaks has said. "The whole chain of command who was aware of this order, and approved it, must resign if the US is to be seen to be a credible nation that obeys the rule of law. The order is so serious it may well have been put to the p
A Swedish prosecutor handling rape allegations against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange today dismissed suggestions from one of his lawyers that the case might be politically motivated. And as fresh leaks of US diplomatic cables heaped more embarrassment on Washington, one report suggested that the revelations would force a major reshuffle of their diplomatic, military and intell
Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell is calling the founder of the online site WikiLeaks a "high-tech terrorist" for releasing classified material from the US government. McConnell says that the online release of secret diplomat exchanges has done "enormous damage" to the country and to its relationship with its allies. McConnell tells NBC t
The "politically-inspired" hacking of the US-based Google that forced it to withdraw from China earlier this year was orchestrated by a top leader of the ruling Communist party after he found internet search results critical of him, according to leaked American cables. The latest round of WikiLeaks disclosures published by the UK`s `Guardian` newspaper claimed that Li C
