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Reuters exposé of hack-for-hire world is back online after Indian court ruling
Reuters exposé of hack-for-hire world is back online after Indian court ruling
Reuters News has restored to its website an investigation into mercenary hacking after a New Delhi court lifted a takedown order it issued last year. The article, originally published on Nov. 16, 2023, and titled “How an Indian startup hacked the world,” detailed the origins and operations of a New Delhi-based cybersecurity firm called Appin. Reuters found that Appin grew from an educational startup to a hack-for-hire powerhouse that stole secrets from executives, politicians and wealthy elites around the globe.
#reuters#EN#2024#mercenary#hacking#India#Appin#rule#hack-for-hire
·reuters.com·
Reuters exposé of hack-for-hire world is back online after Indian court ruling
Major Payment Disruption: Ransomware Strikes Indian Banking Infrastructure
Major Payment Disruption: Ransomware Strikes Indian Banking Infrastructure
CloudSEK's threat research team has uncovered a ransomware attack disrupting India's banking system, targeting banks and payment providers. Initiated through a misconfigured Jenkins server at Brontoo Technology Solutions, the attack is linked to the RansomEXX group.
#cloudsek#EN#ransomware#analysis#Jenkins#India#RansomEXX#CVE-2024-23897
·cloudsek.com·
Major Payment Disruption: Ransomware Strikes Indian Banking Infrastructure
Amnesty confirms Apple warning: Indian journalists’ iPhones infected with Pegasus spyware
Amnesty confirms Apple warning: Indian journalists’ iPhones infected with Pegasus spyware
Apple's warnings in late October that Indian journalists and opposition figures may have been targeted by state-sponsored attacks prompted a forceful Behind closed doors, senior officials from Modi's administration demanded that Apple soften the political impact of the state-sponsored warnings, according to Washington Post.
#techcrunch#EN#2023#state-sponsored#attacks#Pegasus#Apple#India#Amnesty#spyware#iPhone
·techcrunch.com·
Amnesty confirms Apple warning: Indian journalists’ iPhones infected with Pegasus spyware
Inside the global hack-for-hire industry
Inside the global hack-for-hire industry
In a quiet alcove of the opulent Leela Palace hotel in Delhi, two British corporate investigators were listening intently to a young Indian entrepreneur as he made a series of extraordinary confessions. The 28-year-old computer specialist Tej Singh Rathore described his role as a player in a burgeoning criminal industry stealing secrets from people around the world. He had hacked more than 500 email accounts, mostly on behalf of his corporate intelligence clients.
#thebureauinvestigates#EN#2022#intelligence#hack-for-hire#India
·thebureauinvestigates.com·
Inside the global hack-for-hire industry
Inside the global hack-for-hire industry
Inside the global hack-for-hire industry
In a quiet alcove of the opulent Leela Palace hotel in Delhi, two British corporate investigators were listening intently to a young Indian entrepreneur as he made a series of extraordinary confessions. The 28-year-old computer specialist Tej Singh Rathore described his role as a player in a burgeoning criminal industry stealing secrets from people around the world. He had hacked more than 500 email accounts, mostly on behalf of his corporate intelligence clients.
#thebureauinvestigates#EN#2022#intelligence#hack-for-hire#India
·thebureauinvestigates.com·
Inside the global hack-for-hire industry