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Today’s Cache | India’s Personal Data Protection Act weakens RTI; Google hit with copyright lawsuit; Microsoft unbundles Teams to avert fines

RTI activists warn of dilution of Right to Information with new Digital Personal Data Protection Act. Google sued by Jobindex for copyright violations, Microsoft faces EU antitrust probe for tying Office and Teams.

The Hindu · Sep 1, 2023

Elon Musk’s X plans to collect your biometric data and job history

X has confirmed the policy change but refused to confirm what type of biometric data it intends to collect

Evening Standard · Sep 1, 2023

Explained | Has the Right to Information been weakened over the years?

For 13 years, the Right to Information Act, 2005, helped citizens obtain information and data from the Government and State institutions, but has it been weakened?

The Hindu · Sep 1, 2023

National Crime Agency part of international operation against malware network

Qakbot malware had infected more than 700,000 computers globally via spam emails.

The Independent UK · Aug 30, 2023

FBI and European partners seize major malware network in blow to global cybercrime

U.S. officials say the FBI and its partners in Europe infiltrated and seized control of a major malware network that was used for more than 15 years to commit a gamut of online crimes including crippling ransomware attacks

The Independent UK · Aug 29, 2023

Data received by air traffic services ‘caused major flight disruptions’

There are no indications the failure was caused by a cyber-attack, according to National Air Traffic Services (Nats)

Evening Standard · Aug 29, 2023

Hackers are now hiding malicious Word documents in PDFs — how to stay safe

By hiding malicious documents inside of PDFs, hackers are giving their malware a better chance of evading detection by security software.

Tom’s Guide · Aug 29, 2023

Are London airports closed today? When will the disruption end? Airport chaos explained

There have been disruptions since Monday morning, when a technical fault started to cause major disruption

Evening Standard · Aug 29, 2023

Air traffic control review ordered with flight disruptions ‘to last for days’

Transport Secretary Mark Harper said it was the worst incident of its kind in ‘nearly a decade’.

The Independent UK · Aug 29, 2023

UK government delays post-Brexit border checks for fifth time – as it happened

Rolling, live coverage of business, economics and financial markets as border checks to be introduced from January 2024

The Guardian - UK · Aug 29, 2023