India Weighs Tougher Cybersecurity Laws

[davidh]

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Pressure is mounting on Indian authorities to push through proposals that would toughen laws designed to combat data theft and other electronic crimes in the country. The push comes in the wake of a U.K. documentary that aired Thursday claiming India's booming outsourcing industry is ridden with hackers and identity thieves.

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Security within India's multibillion-dollar technology and customer service outsourcing industry has come under scrutiny after the U.K.'s Channel 4 network on Thursday aired a broadcast claiming to show Indian workers accepting cash payments in exchange for data files containing sensitive personal information on U.S. and British consumers.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/cmp/20061007/tc_cmp/193105149

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