Jayant Chakravarti

Senior Editor, APAC at Information Security Media Group

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CNBC pours cold water on the obvious clickbaits.

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Groups From China, Russia, Iran Hitting OT Systems Worldwide. @JayJay_Tech reports https://t.co/U36GdxS1tw

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🔐 @Infosys said its U.S. subsidiary Infosys McCamish Systems agreed to pay $17.5 million to settle six class action lawsuits related to a #cybersecurity incident.

Read the full article here: https://t.co/vsh5yrDejo

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Australia sues FIIG Securities over a 2023 data breach. Regulators call it a cyber 'wake-up call.' @JayJay_Tech reports https://t.co/yD9p2DAdAe #CyberSecurity #DataBreach

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Australia's largest pension funds faced coordinated #credentialattacks last week that compromised thousands of user accounts and led to the theft of at least AU$500,000. 🚨

Read More: https://t.co/ftEHZpXchw

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The Personal Information Protection Commission, South Korea's #dataprotection regulator, has directed Chinese #AI company @deepseek_ai to withdraw its #chatbot application from official app stores.🔰

Read More: https://t.co/NlHBZFUKmQ

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Singapore has vowed to investigate allegations that Chinese #AI company @deepseek_ai flouted U.S. export controls to obtain high-performance @nvidia chips to power its flagship R1 reasoning application.

Read More: https://t.co/e2fTtskMxA

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India unveils data protection rules for public consultation to streamline the implementation of the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023. https://t.co/WLIXT9t31h

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🔴 Chinese Hackers Breach US Treasury in 'Major Incident'

The @USTreasury notified lawmakers Friday that the agency was the victim of a major cyberattack in which Chinese-linked hackers gained access to unclassified documents after gaining access to remote workstations through a third-party software provider, @BeyondTrust.

Read all the details here: https://t.co/bW7UzbiSIm

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Regulators are ready to set an end date for several existing #encryption algorithms in 2030 - five years earlier than the deadline set by @NIST in the U.S.

Read: https://t.co/hWN1TzxnOl

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A security snafu at a Volkswagen subsidiary exposed vehicle information and ownership details on approximately 800,000 cars, including precise location data and owners' personal profiles. A whistleblower found a vulnerability in the cloud storage accounts of @VW subsidiary @cariad_tech.

Read more: https://t.co/ur8fLjO0gc

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A Russian state-backed hacker group used bots and possibly a backdoor to infiltrate and spy on devices used by frontline Ukrainian military units, according to a report from the Microsoft #threat intelligence team.

Read: https://t.co/XT08Qm9mxp

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[Jayant Chakravarti @JayJay_Tech]

How engagement farming works:
Headline: NASA issues urgent warning: 97-foot asteroid and two massive space rocks approaching Earth today
Story: These celestial visitors will safely pass Earth on Dec. 12. Scientists confirm there is no risk to our planet. https://t.co/Suloa8E38j

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Third time not the charm: Western Sydney University suffers yet another major breach in 2024.
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Western Sydney University suffered its third major data breach incident of 2024 when hackers breached its student management system and data warehouse to steal students' demographic and enrollment information. https://t.co/KHp3QQpXYL @ISMG_News

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@vijaygajera Hi Vijay, cybersecurity news editor here. Could you please DM me?

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Singapore has launched a voluntary plan to assign cybersecurity ratings to medical devices that can be connected to other devices, systems and services, as well as those that handle personally identifiable information and clinical data. @ISMG_News https://t.co/GClQgJc0eF

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About 800 Qantas customers lost access to their loyalty reward points after two airport contractors in India used multiple airline ticketing systems to fraudulently access their booking details and transfer reward points to a new account they controlled. https://t.co/bVj57Ld0Ow

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@telegram deleted 25 videos the South Korean Communications Standards Commission said depicted sex #crimes, and regulators reported that site administrators pledged a "relationship of trust."

Know more: https://t.co/LYkwpY9cFZ

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A North Korean hacking team hastily pivoted from using publicly available cloud computing storage to its own infrastructure after security researchers unmasked its malware campaign.
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