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The internet was snapped 283 times across 39 countries last year, an increase in 41 percent from 2022. And India holds the dubious honour of documenting the most shutdowns globally – an honour that the country has carried for six years now in a row – with 116 instances.

Report by Access Now says hackers used the malware to break into smartphones of dozens of people in Jordan.

Findings suggest Jordan is relying on cyberweapon to quash dissent and its use is ‘staggeringly widespread’

Gaza is under a weeklong sustained telecoms outage, the longest since the onset of the war with Israel.

Security researchers say two pro-democracy activists were subjected to attempted state-sponsored hacking

With the world's largest biometric ID database, a pioneering digital payment system for daily transactions and a flagship space and satellite programme, India knows the power of connected technology.

Apple sent alerts to Opposition leaders that a “state-sponsored attacker” may be targeting their digital devices; Apple spokespeople in India circulated a statement saying that they did not blame “any specific” government attacker

The BJP’s IT cell head, Amit Malviya, on Wednesday alleged that the warning message received by several Opposition leaders on October 31, in which the Apple warned them about “state-sponsored attackers” attempting to target their iPhones, is linked to American billionaire financier George Soros.

For the past five years India has shut down the internet more times than any other country affecting over 120 million people

Galina Timchenko, the CEO of Meduza, was hacked earlier this year before participating in a meeting of exiled Russian journalists

Galina Timchenko, head of media outlet declared ‘undesirable’ by Moscow, targeted in February while living in Berlin