Chandigarh: Punjab government is all set to establish cybercrime police stations in 28 districts, including three police commissionerates.Punjab police chief Gaurav Yadav said that recognising the critical need to address the challenge of cybercrime effectively, the police department has sent a proposal to strengthen its cybercrime investigation infrastructure capabilities. He said CM Bhagwant Mann has...Read More

Federal civil rights investigators are looking into whether protected health information was exposed in the recent cyberattack on Change Healthcare March 13, 2024, 4:49 PM ET • 2 min read Federal civil rights investigators are looking into whether protected health information was exposed in the recent cyberattack on Change Healthcare. The Office for Civil Rights...Read More

Dallas-based Southwest Airlines Co. (NYSE: LUV) has announced the promotion of Carrie Mills from vice president of technology and cybersecurity to vice president and chief information security officer (CISO), effective March 16. In her new role, Mills will be in charge of various aspects of cybersecurity across the airline’s facilities, airports, and aircraft, including “security...Read More

Venmo, a mobile payment service owned by PayPal, has become a household name in the United States. It facilitates a convenient way for friends to exchange money and for businesses to transact with customers. With significant year-over-year growth, Venmo reported a total payment value of $68 billion in Q3 of 2023, according to Statista, ranking...Read More

The ransomware attack on UnitedHealth subsidiary Change Healthcare shows how attractive data-rich health-care firms are to hackers and how sophisticated cyber criminals are becoming. Thousands of doctors, hospitals and other health providers that depend on Change Healthcare for billing reimbursements have not been paid, leading the federal government to launch an investigation. On the dark...Read More

GRANDVILLE, Mich. — The Downtown Grandville Facebook page, which has 5,000 likes, has been taken over by hackers. Strange and often suggestive images started surfacing on the page about a week ago. A new page has been created to replace the old one, called Downtown GRANDville. People are encourage to “like” and “follow” this new...Read More

UPDATE 14/3/24: Top Pokémon Go player FleeceKing has had access to his account restored by the game’s developer Niantic. FleeceKing confirmed the news via social media last night and said he was happy with the result, but couldn’t “get into the details of the situation”. Today, Niantic has confirmed to Eurogamer it assisted in...Read More

Through the controversial internet.org initiative, Facebook now serves as The Internet to the majority of the world’s marginalized demographic. The Politics of Data series continues with Payal Arora discussing the role of Facebook and internet regulation in the global South. While the West have had privacy laws in place since the 1970s, the emerging markets are only now seriously...Read More

The U.S. is still identifying victims targeted by an extensive China-backed hacking campaign that became the subject of a recent FBI takedown operation and other advisories from officials over the past year, a top NSA cyber official said. Rob Joyce, the agency’s outgoing cybersecurity director, said on Friday that the U.S. is still finding victims...Read More

Jason Griffin, Managing Director, Digital Health Strategy and Cybersecurity at Nordic Consulting Andy Adams, Managing Director, Performance Improvement and Advisory Services at Nordic Consulting The recent cyberattack on Change Healthcare highlights the healthcare industry’s vulnerability when threatened with criminal attempts to disrupt technology and operations. The ransomware strike caused a chain reaction among healthcare providers, where...Read More