1135 Students got job in Maharashtra by fake mark sheet-CBI

fake mark sheetAfter passing out from various universities of Maharashtra, a total of 1135 students got job by submitting their fake mark sheet. A PIL has been filed alleging that, many of the government and private sector employees got their job after submitting fake documents and as a result the Bombay HC directed the CBI to make an investigation on the same. On this direction, the CBI wrote to all the universities of Maharashtra asking for the verification of mark sheets. After verification it was found that 1135 students from six universities namely, Pune University, Mumbai University, Rashtrasant Tukdoji Maharaj University Nagpur, Shivaji University Kolhapur, Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar University, Aurangabad and Sant Gadgebaba University Amravati, bagged their job by fake mark sheets. A report will be submitted by CBI to the High Court on this and provide directions to take appropriate action against these students.

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Google Accounts of US officials hacked by Chinese Hackers

Google Accounts hackedHackers from china have compromised many google accounts of top US officials and other political leaders from Asian countries. Google made a statement regarding the issue saying that their own security systems have not been breached but individual accounts have been hacked through fraud. Google also notified the respective members and their governments regarding the breach. The matter becomes sensitive as these officials handle top secret information on classified subjects. The passwords were acquired through a internet practice called ‘spear phising’ which misguides an account user to provide his account information to the hacker who had created a page similar to that of google. Analyst say it is very hard to find if it was authorized by governments or done by individual hackers. The difference between the both would be that if it was carried out by a government it will not be considered as a cyber crime but cyber espionage. This comes in the wake of a statement issued by the White House which said an act of cyber terrorism will be met with real time military consequences.

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