M.T.A. breached by hackers as cyberattacks surge in the US

A hacking group believed to have links to the Chinese government penetrated the Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s computer systems in April, exposing vulnerabilities in a...

Ask hospitals to display boards on fire safety status: HC

Gujarat High Court has suggested that the state government should ask hospitals to put up flex boards outside their buildings informing citizens about their...

15,000 cameras in New York that police use for facial recognition,...

The New York City Police Department (NYPD) has access to more than 15,000 cameras that they grab images from, and feed into facial recognition...

HC criticises outsourcing of fire inspection

The Gujarat high court has expressed its disapproval of the state government’s policy of outsourcing the work of fire inspection of buildings for the...

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Banks need to beef up ‘on the ground’ security at ATMs...

The All India Bank Officers Confederation (AIBOC) has requested the Department of Financial Services (DFS) to take up with Banks as well as State...

Dubai police uses drones for traffic violation detection

Dubai Police personnel have deployed drones to effectively tackle road rule violations, among others, and that these have become a vital tool to carry...

DHS announces new efforts to support the TSA workforce

Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro N. Mayorkas has announced new efforts to support the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) screening officer workforce, including expanding collective bargaining at the national level and ensuring that TSA’s standards and processes adhere to the principles applied by the...

Cyber security researchers spot fake oximeter apps on Play Store

Amid the surge in demand for oximeters in the lethal second Covid wave in India, security researchers have detected fake oximeter apps on Play...

91 Pune hospitals on “severe risk” list in district fire audit

The district administration in Pune has issued directives for immediate compliance with fire safety norms to 91 hospitals that figured in the “severe risk”...