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Food delivery app Zomato hacked, data from 17 million user accounts stolen
Food delivery app Zomato has said that the company has recently discovered that the data of its 17 million users has been stolen from its data base. The data includes e-mail addresses of Zomato users.
"The reason you're reading this blog post is because of a recent discovery by our security team - about 17 million user records from our database were stolen. The stolen information has user email addresses and hashed passwords," Gunjan Patidar from Zomato wrote on its blog.
Patidar, however, assured that the passwords of the users were safe. He wrote: "The hashed password cannot be converted/decrypted back to plain text - so the sanctity of your password is intact in case you use the same password for other services. But if you are paranoid about security like us, we encourage you to change your password for any other services where you are using the same password."
Zomato has logged out the affected users. "As a precaution, we have reset the passwords for all affected users and logged them out of the app and website. Our team is actively scanning all possible breach vectors and closing any gaps in our environment. So far, it looks like an internal (human) security breach - some employee's development account got compromised," the blog said.
Telling Zomato users not to panic, the blog post said that the payment-related information of Zomato users were safe as they were saved on a different server.
"Important note - payment related information on Zomato is stored separately from this (stolen) data in a highly secure PCI Data Security Standard (DSS) compliant vault. No payment information or credit card data has been stolen/leaked," the Zomato blog said. "Your credit card information on Zomato is fully secure, so there's nothing to worry about there," it added.
Zomato said that they are working on plugging the security gaps. Here's the full text of Gunjan Patidar's blog:
Security Notice
Over 120 million users visit Zomato every month. What binds all of these varied individuals is the desire to enjoy the best a city has to offer, in terms of food. When Zomato users trust us with their personal information, they naturally expect the information to be safeguarded. And that's something we do diligently, without fail. We take cyber security very seriously - if you've been a regular at Zomato for years, you'd agree.
The reason you're reading this blog post is because of a recent discovery by our security team - about 17 million user records from our database were stolen. The stolen information has user email addresses and hashed passwords.
The hashed password cannot be converted/decrypted back to plain text - so the sanctity of your password is intact in case you use the same password for other services. But if you are paranoid about security like us, we encourage you to change your password for any other services where you are using the same password.
Important note - payment related information on Zomato is stored separately from this (stolen) data in a highly secure PCI Data Security Standard (DSS) compliant vault. No payment information or credit card data has been stolen/leaked.
As a precaution, we have reset the passwords for all affected users and logged them out of the app and website. Our team is actively scanning all possible breach vectors and closing any gaps in our environment. So far, it looks like an internal (human) security breach - some employee's development account got compromised.
How can this stolen information be misused?
Since we have reset the passwords for all affected users and logged them out of the app and website, your zomato account is secure. Your credit card information on Zomato is fully secure, so there's nothing to worry about there.
What next?
Over the next couple of days and weeks, we'll be actively working to plug any more security gaps that we find in our systems.
"The reason you're reading this blog post is because of a recent discovery by our security team - about 17 million user records from our database were stolen. The stolen information has user email addresses and hashed passwords," Gunjan Patidar from Zomato wrote on its blog.
Patidar, however, assured that the passwords of the users were safe. He wrote: "The hashed password cannot be converted/decrypted back to plain text - so the sanctity of your password is intact in case you use the same password for other services. But if you are paranoid about security like us, we encourage you to change your password for any other services where you are using the same password."
Zomato has logged out the affected users. "As a precaution, we have reset the passwords for all affected users and logged them out of the app and website. Our team is actively scanning all possible breach vectors and closing any gaps in our environment. So far, it looks like an internal (human) security breach - some employee's development account got compromised," the blog said.
Telling Zomato users not to panic, the blog post said that the payment-related information of Zomato users were safe as they were saved on a different server.
"Important note - payment related information on Zomato is stored separately from this (stolen) data in a highly secure PCI Data Security Standard (DSS) compliant vault. No payment information or credit card data has been stolen/leaked," the Zomato blog said. "Your credit card information on Zomato is fully secure, so there's nothing to worry about there," it added.
Zomato said that they are working on plugging the security gaps. Here's the full text of Gunjan Patidar's blog:
Security Notice
Over 120 million users visit Zomato every month. What binds all of these varied individuals is the desire to enjoy the best a city has to offer, in terms of food. When Zomato users trust us with their personal information, they naturally expect the information to be safeguarded. And that's something we do diligently, without fail. We take cyber security very seriously - if you've been a regular at Zomato for years, you'd agree.
The reason you're reading this blog post is because of a recent discovery by our security team - about 17 million user records from our database were stolen. The stolen information has user email addresses and hashed passwords.
The hashed password cannot be converted/decrypted back to plain text - so the sanctity of your password is intact in case you use the same password for other services. But if you are paranoid about security like us, we encourage you to change your password for any other services where you are using the same password.
Important note - payment related information on Zomato is stored separately from this (stolen) data in a highly secure PCI Data Security Standard (DSS) compliant vault. No payment information or credit card data has been stolen/leaked.
As a precaution, we have reset the passwords for all affected users and logged them out of the app and website. Our team is actively scanning all possible breach vectors and closing any gaps in our environment. So far, it looks like an internal (human) security breach - some employee's development account got compromised.
How can this stolen information be misused?
Since we have reset the passwords for all affected users and logged them out of the app and website, your zomato account is secure. Your credit card information on Zomato is fully secure, so there's nothing to worry about there.
What next?
Over the next couple of days and weeks, we'll be actively working to plug any more security gaps that we find in our systems.
- We'll be further enhancing security measures for all user information stored within our database
- A layer of authorisation will be added for internal teams having access to this data to avoid the possibility of any human breach.
Tuesday, October 15, 2013
461 – Inspectors Jobs Openings In Department of Food and Supplies
461 – Inspectors Jobs Openings In Department of Food and Supplies
Dept of Food Civil Supplies & Consumer Affairs
Punjab Government Jobs
Dept of Food Civil Supplies & Consumer Affairs, Punjab inviting Applications from eligible candidates for the recruitment of 461 INSPECTORS ( Group B ) .
Total Number Of Vacancies : 461 Posts
Name Of Position : Inspectors
Educational Qualification : Any Degree
Pay Scale : Rs. 10300 – Rs. 34800 with grade pay of Rs. 4200
Age Limit : Candidate age must between 18 to 38 years
Last Date : 09 November 2013
Click on the link below to apply online :
http://fcs.applyforexam.com/
5741 – Technical Helpers Recruitment In Rajasthan Electricity Board
5741 – Technical Helpers Recruitment In Rajasthan Electricity Board
Power Sector Companies of Rajasthan State
Public Sector Jobs
The Power Sector Companies of Rajasthan State that is Jaipur Vidyut Vitran Nigam Limited, Ajmer Vidyut Vitran Nigam Limited, Jodhpur Vidyut Vitran Nigam Limited, Rajasthan Rajya Vidyut Prasaran Nigam Limited and Rajasthan Rajya Vidyut Utpadan Nigam Limited invite applications from qualified and willing candidates to fill up vacant posts of TECHNICAL HELPER.
Total Number Of Vacancies : 5741 Posts
Name Of Position : Technical Helpers
JAIPUR VVNL – 1367 Posts
AJMER VVNL – 2159 Posts
JODHPUR VVNL – 999 Posts
Rajasthan RVPNL – 1080 Posts
Rajasthan RVUNL – 136 Posts
Pay Scale : Rs 5200-20200 Plus Grade Pay Rs 2000 /-
Educational Qualification : Secondary with ITI (NCVT/SCVT)/ NAC Certificates
Age Limit : Minimum age of 18 years and should not be more than 28 years of age.
Last Date : 14 November 2013
Click on the link below to apply online :
http://www.rvunl.com/ADVT.pdf
Central Teacher Eligibility Test 2013 – CBSE
Central Teacher Eligibility Test 2013 – CBSE
Central Board of Secondary Education
CBSE
Central Teacher Eligibility Test 2013
Central Board of Secondary Education, Delhi will be conducting the Central Teacher Eligibility Test (CTET) for a person to be eligible for appointment as a teacher for classes I to VIII .
Name Of Exam : Central Teacher Eligibility Test
Name Of Position : Teacher
Educational Qualifications : Senior Secondary / Diploma in Elementary Education / Graduation
Important Dates
Submission of On-line application : 11.10.2013 to 31.10.2013.
Last date for Online Submission of application : 31.10.2013.
Last date for receipt of Confirmation Page in : 07.11.2013
Name Of Exam : Central Teacher Eligibility Test
Name Of Position : Teacher
Educational Qualifications : Senior Secondary / Diploma in Elementary Education / Graduation
Important Dates
Submission of On-line application : 11.10.2013 to 31.10.2013.
Last date for Online Submission of application : 31.10.2013.
Last date for receipt of Confirmation Page in : 07.11.2013
Timing
Date of
Examination Paper Timing
16.02.2014 Paper – II 09.30 to 12.00 hours
16.02.2014 Paper – I 14.00 to 16.30 hours
Click on the link below to get more info :
http://ctet.nic.in/ctetapp/PDF/Adv_%20CTET-FEB2014.pdf
Click on the link below to apply online :
http://ctet.nic.in/ctetapp/Welcome.aspx
16.02.2014 Paper – II 09.30 to 12.00 hours
16.02.2014 Paper – I 14.00 to 16.30 hours
Click on the link below to get more info :
http://ctet.nic.in/ctetapp/PDF/Adv_%20CTET-FEB2014.pdf
Click on the link below to apply online :
http://ctet.nic.in/ctetapp/Welcome.aspx
Saturday, October 12, 2013
TeCh NeWs Of ThE DaY : Now, ‘feel‘ images on your smartphone
TeCh NeWs Of ThE DaY
Now, ‘feel‘ images on your smartphone
Smartphone users can now 'feel' images and objects seen on their touchscreen!
In a game-changing invention, engineers at Disney Research, Pittsburgh, have developed a new technique that allows you to feel the texture of objects seen on a flat touchscreen.
The novel algorithm enables a person sliding a finger across a topographic map displayed on a touchscreen to feel the bumps and curves of hills and valleys, despite the screen's smooth surface.
The technique is based on the fact that when a person slides a finger over a real physical bump, he perceives the bump largely because lateral friction forces stretch and compress skin on the sliding finger.
By altering the friction encountered as a person's fingertip glides across a surface, the Disney algorithm can create a perception of a 3D bump on a touch surface.
The method can be used to simulate the feel of a wide variety of objects and textures.
"Our brain perceives the 3D bump on a surface mostly from information that it receives via skin stretching," said Ivan Poupyrev, who directs Disney Research, Pittsburgh's Interaction Group.
"Therefore, if we can artificially stretch skin on a finger as it slides on the touchscreen, the brain will be fooled into thinking an actual physical bump is on a touchscreen even though the touch surface is completely smooth," Poupyrev said in a statement.
In experiments, researchers used electrovibration to modulate the friction between the sliding finger and the touch surface with electrostatic forces.
Researchers created and validated a psychophysical model that closely simulates friction forces perceived by the human finger when it slides over a real bump.
The model was then incorporated into an algorithm that dynamically modulates the frictional forces on a sliding finger so that they match the tactile properties of the visual content displayed on the touchscreen along the finger's path.
A broad variety of visual artifacts thus can be dynamically enhanced with tactile feedback that adjusts as the visual display.
"The traditional approach to tactile feedback is to have a library of canned effects that are played back whenever a particular interaction occurs," said Ali Israr, a Disney Research, Pittsburgh research engineer who was the lead on the project.
"This makes it difficult to create a tactile feedback for dynamic visual content, where the sizes and orientation of features constantly change. With our algorithm we do not have one or two effects, but a set of controls that make it possible to tune tactile effects to a specific visual artifact on the fly," Israr said.
The new research will be presented at the ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology in St Andrews, Scotland.
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