News MP Karti Chidambaram seeks urgent probe into alleged EPFO data leak of 28 crore pensioners The MP wrote to seek urgent intervention from the MeitY minister. This alleged data breach could potentially be one of India's largest Sarvesh MathiAugust 29, 2022
News Here’s possible reasons why BGMI (India’s PUBG) was taken down from app stores India's PUBG, Battlegrounds Mobile India (BGMI), was abruptly removed from Google Play Store and Apple App Store based on government orders Sarvesh MathiJuly 29, 2022
News Breaking: CERT-IN partially extends compliance deadline on Cybersecurity Directions India's CERT-In has extended the deaadline to comply with its new cybersecurity directives for some sectors amid criticism from multiple stakeholders Anushka JainJune 28, 2022
News What are the concerns plaguing industry on the National Data Governance framework? What do industry and other stakeholders have to say to MeitY and the government on the National Data Governance Framework? Anushka JainJune 20, 2022
News Fact check: Do other countries have lesser than 6 hours to report cybersecurity incidents? The reporting timelines cited by the government are factually inaccurate. Sarvesh MathiMay 24, 2022
News VPN providers undeterred by minister’s ultimatum to comply or leave India Many popular VPNs had made it clear that they will not comply. Sarvesh MathiMay 20, 2022
News IT Ministry takes exception to The Wire’s tweet on election fraud Twitter has defied such takedown requests in the past but it ended badly. Anushka JainMay 3, 2022
News IT Act amendment allows third-party verification for e-signatures The validation process of e-signatures has been tweaked to let private players in. Anushka JainApril 29, 2022
News Summary: IFF says Draft Data Access Policy will enable state-sponsored mass surveillance, should be withdrawn and reconsidered The digital rights organisation was less than pleased with MeitY for quietly altering certain provisions of the draft policy. Sarvesh MathiApril 1, 2022
News No plan to authenticate social media accounts using government IDs: MeitY clarifies in Lok Sabha The question of verifying social media accounts with government IDs first came up in 2019. MitakshMarch 31, 2022