Thursday, July 3, 2008

Cyber Law Update June 2008 - Issue no. 1

India

Recently, the Delhi High Court allowed proceedings against Avinash Bajaj, managing director of Baazee.com, for allowing an auction of a pornographic video clip involving two students on his website. Reported in IndiaLawNews


China's intensified cyber warfare against India is becoming a serious threat to national security. Reported in Indiapost


International Sri Lanka is working out effective ways of fighting cyber crime by strengthening awareness on Information Security. Reported in Sunday Times

A group or individual by the name "Anonymous" has hacked and taken over two of MTV music websites and defaced them with racial and offensive images. Posted on MTV website

A Missouri woman accused of taking part in a MySpace hoax that ended with a 13-year-old girl's suicide has so far avoided state charges -- but not federal ones. Reported in Mail

One in three IT professionals abuses administrative passwords to access confidential data such as colleagues' salary details, personal e-mails, or board-meeting minutes, according to a survey. Reported in Information Week

Career

The role of information security managers is rapidly changing to focus on business needs instead of technology, according to a recent survey. Reported in News Wire Today

3 comments:

Snippy.. said...

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Anonymous said...

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