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Uber investigating ‘cybersecurity incident’ after hacker claims to access internal systems

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SAN FRANCISCO, Ca. (CNN) — Uber said Thursday that it was investigating a “cybersecurity incident” after a hacker shared evidence that they had breached the ride-hailing giant’s computer systems with journalists and security researchers.

“We are currently responding to a cybersecurity incident,” Uber’s communications team said in a tweet Thursday evening. “We are in touch with law enforcement and will post additional updates here as they become available.”

The New York Times was first to report the incident.

Uber said in an update Friday afternoon that there was “no evidence that the incident involved access to sensitive user data” such as passengers’ ride history.

“Internal software tools that we took down as a precaution yesterday are coming back online this morning,” Uber said Friday. “All of our services including Uber, Uber Eats, Uber Freight, and the Uber Driver app are operational.”

Andrew Hasbun, an Uber spokesperson, declined to comment further on the incident.

It’s not the first time Uber has dealt with a security breach. Hackers stole data on 57 million driver and rider accounts in 2016, and Uber paid to cover up the breach.

Uber allegedly paid the hackers $100,000 to get rid of the data. The company in 2018 agreed to pay $148 million in a settlement related to the incident with attorneys general from 50 states and DC.

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[ Day 38 – Synopsis ] 75 Days Mains Revision Plan 2022 – Internal Security & Ethics

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NOTE: Please remember that following ‘answers’ are NOT ‘model answers’. They are NOT synopsis too if we go by definition of the term. What we are providing is content that both meets demand of the question and at the same time gives you extra points in the form of background information.

Internal Security

 

Q1. Examine the role of social media in fueling hate crimes in India. How does it affect the internal security of our country? 10M

Introduction

The recent beheading of a Hindu tailor, Kanhaiya Lal, in Rajasthan’s Udaipur has raised the issue of hate crime in India once again. Most hate crimes reported in India were targeted toward Dalits between September 2015 and December 2019 followed by Muslims. A total of 902 crimes were reported because of alleged hate – varying from caste, and religion to honor killing and love jihad.

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Social media plays a significant role in shaping democracy and active participation of people in decision making but in recent times social media has become a tool to disseminate hate speech and fake news, thus rising cases of hate crimes.

Role of social media in fueling hate crimes in India.

  • Promoting rumours – fake information or news spread through social media has real-life implications. For instance, recently online rumours regarding anti-national elements, and cow slaughtering through Facebook, and WhatsApp led to lynchings in rural areas.
  • Unable to find originator – Social media become a popular tool to disseminate hate messages, especially based on religion. The way the message spreads ( reaching large audiences in a short period)makes it difficult to identify the source and hold the user responsible.
  • No cross verification mechanism- Social media like Whatsapp, Twitter, etc act as a platform to spread fake news and hate speech, but there is no cross-verification mechanism by such platforms. People especially in the Rural section too accept them without any cross verification of the facts and then indulge in violence.
  • Polarizing political ideology – A study shows that more than 60% of information spread by political leaders through YouTube is false or has no evidence. Social media also acts as a channel for communication.
  • For example,…

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Rideau Hall cyberbreach was ‘sophisticated’ incident, internal documents show – National

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Newly disclosed documents reveal the breach of an internal computer network at Rideau Hall was described to senior government officials as a “sophisticated cyber incident” in the days before the public was told of the security lapse.

Internal government emails, obtained by The Canadian Press through the Access to Information Act, also say officials were “unable to confirm the full extent of the information that was accessed.”

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Rideau Hall internal cyber network hit by ‘breach’ — effects unclear

As a result, the Office of the Secretary to the Governor General was looking to make credit monitoring services available to employees due to concerns that sensitive personal information might have been pilfered.

All managers were encouraged “to reflect on the information holdings they manage in their respective units” and raise any concerns they might have, says a Nov. 17, 2021, draft of a message that was to shared with Rideau Hall employees.

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In a Dec. 2 news release, the Office of the Secretary to the Governor General said there was “an unauthorized access to its internal network” and that it was working on the investigation with the Canadian Centre for Cyber Security – a wing of the Communications Security Establishment, Canada’s electronic spy service.

It mentioned efforts to improve computer networks as well as consultation with the federal privacy commissioner’s office.

Ciara Trudeau, a spokeswoman for the Office of the Secretary, said it communicated with Rideau Hall employees and “external partners who may have been affected by the incident.”

However, she declined to provide a general update on the breach, the sort of information accessed, or other details about how and why it took place.

Trudeau also would not discuss the provision of secure credit monitoring services to employees.

The internal emails indicate several senior Privy Council Office officials were advised of the breach two weeks before the event was made public.

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Internal docs reveal project ‘Columbus’, Apple’s huge push to improve App Review

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New internal documents filed as part of the Epic Games vs Apple trial have revealed Apple made a huge push in 2015 to improve its app review process for the App Store dubbed project ‘Columbus’.

Apple’s Trystan Kosmynka was asked about Columbus during day five of the trial, describing it as a move to “heavily invest in App Review automation and efficiency.”

In a presentation from late 2015 seen by iMore, Apple spoke about to the need to automate app review, making the process more efficient. The presentation begins with a quote from Pinterest’s Mike Beltzner that states anything Apple could do to reduce review times “would be perhaps the single most impactful change to our ability to ship great apps.”

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Apple highlighted that at the time it was receiving more than 60,000 submissions a week from 155 different countries and 24 different app categories. Apple listed a staggering 910 different types of rejection reasons given for apps. Notes from the presentation state:

Here’s the problem, the volume is immense and continues to grow. The complexity is insane… 155 countries and 910 different types rejection reasons today. They are looked at manually everytime starting from scratch and by different people (inconsistent). And all of this results in an SLA longer than developers should expect and even worse creates a great deal of anxiety and ill will between Apple and developers.

The presentation notes that in 2015 Apple recognized there were a “ton of scam apps” in the App Store, as noted by reviews. The goal of Columbus was to tackle this, reducing the number of manual reviews and the perceived review time for developers whilst improving quality and consistency.

The presentation highlights some big impact areas such as the top ten reasons for rejection. For example, 14% of apps were rejected because more information was needed, the biggest single reason for rejection. Apps were also rejected for exhibiting bugs (10%), having poor interfaces, crashing, and more.

The notes reveal 60% of app review submissions were updates rather than new apps, and that 20% were the stock ‘bug fixes and performance’ updates that really…

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