U.S. probes alleged hacking by Indian govt spy unit

REUTERS – U.S. authorities are investigating allegations that an Indian government spy unit hacked into emails of an official U.S. commission that monitors economic and security relations between the United States and China, including cyber-security issues. The request for an investigation came after hackers posted on the Internet what purports…

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Indian government web filtering plans may breach law

India’s reported plans to ask Internet companies to filter objectionable content may overstep the country’s own laws, according to legal experts. The government has asked Internet companies like Yahoo, Facebook, Google, and Microsoft to remove disparaging, inflammatory or defamatory content on their sites even before it goes online, according to…

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