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The incidents of war happened in the real world is mirrored in cyber space, given the recent incidents of hacking of government websites by state or non state group of hackers for political, military, espionage purposes. As the world becomes increasingly dependent on the internet and increasingly connected through it, another threat is beginning to loom large – Hacking and defacement of Government website and other cyber infrastructure. Recently, a hacker group from Pakistan calling itself as ‘Pakistan Cyber Army’ made a mockery of the country’s cyber security by infiltrating into the CBI website supposed to be one of [...] Continue Reading…
Tags: Cyber Forensics,
Cyber Crime Cell,
Cyber Law,
Cyber Lawyer,
Data Theft,
Hacking,
Information Technology Act 2000
Recently, a FIR has been lodged by the Economic Offences Wing of the Delhi Police on the complaint of the President Secretariat citing a copy of an article published in the Economic Times, dated November 29, 2009, which allegedly pertained to the fake use of the names of politically powerful personalities as a domain name on websites. It was further alleged in the said complaint that a website exists with the domain name www.pratibhapatil.com having no connection with the Hon’ble President, which allegedly hawks financial advisory, DVD rentals, education insurance, lingerie and much more. The police made some preliminary [...] Continue Reading…
Tags: Information Technology Act,
Cyber Crime Cell,
Cyber Law,
Cyber Lawyer,
Data Theft,
Hacking,
Information Technology Act 2000
IntroductionThe Social Networking Sites have become popular especially among the younger generation and most of the net users have their profiles in many popular networking sites among them the Face Book is the most popular and the largest social networking website. There is hardly any net savvy person in this world that does not have any idea of Face Book. The Face book started its journey as a forum meant for college students only and was available by invitation only. Now it is the favorite Social network, a phenomenon stretching across the globe and is a no. 1 social [...] Continue Reading…
Tags: Cyber Offenses / Contravention,
Data Theft,
E-Commerce Fraud,
IT Amendment Act,
Identity Theft,
Information Technology Act,
Internet Fraud,
Obscenity / Pronography,
Other Laws,
Cyber Crime Cell,
Cyber Law,
Cyber Lawyer,
Hacking,
Information Technology Act 2000
Forensic Accounting Forensic accounting is a rapidly growing area of accounting concerned with the detection and prevention of financial fraud and white-collar criminal activities. George A. Manning in his book “Financial Investigation and Forensic Accounting” defines Forensic Accounting as the science of gathering and presenting financial information in a form that will be accepted by a court of jurisprudence against perpetrators of economic crimes. The integration of accounting, auditing, and investigative skills yields the specialty known as Forensic Accounting which focuses very closely on detecting or preventing accounting fraud. “Forensic”, according to the Webster’s Dictionary means, “Belonging to, used [...] Continue Reading…
Tags: Cyber Forensics,
Financial forensics,
Other Laws,
Forensic Accountant,
Forensic Accounting
The Right to privacy is recognition of the individual’s right to be let alone and to have his personal space inviolate. India does not have a constitutional right to privacy, although the courts have found an implicit right to privacy in the constitution. No one has a right to peep into one’s privacy and the law of privacy is a recognition of the of the individual’s right to be let alone and to have his personal space inviolate. Right to Privacy is a ‘right to be let alone’ and a citizen has a right ‘to safeguard the privacy of [...] Continue Reading…
Tags: Data Theft,
IT Amendment Act,
Information Technology Act,
Cyber Crime Cell,
Cyber Law,
Cyber Lawyer,
Hacking,
Information Technology Act 2000
