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Juvenile faces
trial in cyber-crime case
The Juvenile Board on Saturday refused to discharge the boy accused of
creating a website with vulgar remarks about his class-mates two years ago
when he was student of class XI, and the first juvenile accused in a
cyber-crime case. The accused's advocate had sought discharge of his client
on the ground that he was not in a stable state of mind. While rejecting the
accused's application, the metropolitan magistrate said: "The mental
condition under which the juvenile came into conflict with the law shall be
taken into consideration during the final order."
Times of India - November 2, 2003
Rise in Net abuse in UK offices
London - According to a survey released on Monday by Lexis-Nexis Industrial
Relations Services, nearly one in three British companies have disciplined
staff for breaking company Internet and e-mail rules in the past year.
Internet access and e-mail have become indispensable parts of working life,
bringing with them widespread abuse as an increasing number of workers use
corporate e-mail accounts to send personal messages and the Web to do their
own shopping. "It is a continuing headache. Employers are just getting to
grips with it now and many employees are not taking it seriously enough,"
said Mark Crall, managing editor of IRS Employment Review.
The Times of India - November 11, 2003.
Innovation Time For India's Cyber Crime - Hi-tech crime in India is
becoming more frequent and ingenuous
Cyber crime lawyer, Sanjay Mathur, says, "Each time a cyber crime is
detected, there is talk of strengthening the security network. However, in
many cases, the organization concerned doesn't take necessary steps.
Consequently, crime of a similar nature is repeated." "Cyber crime may be
data-related - such as data diddling/tampering, theft of data, blackmail
using data, unauthorized locking of data, and entry into databases,
tampering with programmes, changing programme logic, Trojan horse programmes,
hacking, mailbox bombing," elaborates National Centre for Research in
Computer Crimes (NCRCC) director Rakesh Goyal. "Organisations are beginning
to really understand the pitfalls of making their information available to
various parties even within the organization. Still, certain companies are
reluctant to install Internet security systems," says Srikiran Raghvan,
regional manager for India-operations, RSA Security. In 2002-03, 411 cyber
crimes were reported in India as compared to 3 in 1994-95.
The Times of India - November 12, 2003.
Terrorist watch on the web
London - November 13, 2003 - Cyber investigators are scouring the World Wide
Web for clues on any future suicide bomb attacks, deploying satellites and
other high-tech wizardry to hone in on suspicious web surfing activity.
Intelligence officials had warned some kind of attack would occur in Saudi
Arabia before Sunday's suicide bomb blast in Riyadh after finding evidence
on anonymous postings on Arabic websites and other forms of internet
chatter. The strike killed 18 people and wounded 120 others. Intelligence
experts say they have evidence that extremist groups are using the web for a
variety of purposes, ranging form recruitment and fund raising to spreading
propaganda and scouting out potential targets. There is also evidence
subversive groups are using the net to launch digital attacks on a country's
critical national infrastructure, computer networks that control everything
from police emergency response hotlines to power grids.
Hindustan Times - November 14, 2003.
India, US to join hands against cyber terrorism
New Delhi - November 19, 2003 - On the eve of the Indo-US high technology
commerce dialogue between foreign secretary Kanwal Sibal and visiting US
under secretary for commerce Kenneth Juster, the two countries announced
increased cooperation against cyber terrorism in a meeting at Bangalore on
Wednesday. Thomas Pickering, senior vice president of the Boeing
Corporation, said the corporation would be setting up a corporate office
here to explore the possibility of building a local manufacturing unit. The
US was interested in an all-weather strategic cooperation with India, said a
US major. The US has reassured India that it was committed to high
technology trade with India.
Hindustan Times - November 20, 2003
Food for Thought
Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty. Anyone who
keeps learning stays young. The greatest thing in life is to keep your mind
young.
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Nothing is particularly hard if you divide it into small jobs.
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Good character is not given to us. We have to build it piece by piece-by
thought, choice, courage, and determination.
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The most valuable thing you can give a person is useful idea. |
