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Tata Sky, Croma Site Vulnerabilities Exposed Sensitive Customer Data of Millions of Customers; Fixed Now
Cybersecurity researcher Rahil Bhansali discovered the vulnerabilities existed on the Tata Sky and Croma websites. By Jagmeet Singh | Updated: 25 January 2021 15:08 IST
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The issue was fixed after the researcher reported it online
Croma also fixed the vulnerability upon it was reported on the Web
Tata Sky and Croma, the entities owned by Tata Group, exposed the data of millions of their customers due to security vulnerabilities, according to a cybersecurity researcher. The issues allowed bad actors to access sensitive data including the full names, phone numbers, addresses, date of birth, and email IDs of both Tata Sky and Croma customers, by leveraging the loopholes existing in the application programme interfaces (APIs) on their websites. Both companies fixed the vulnerabilities after these were reported on t
DTH licenses will now be issued for a period of 20 years
24 Dec, 2020 - 08:36 AM IST | By Gargi Sarkar
KOLKATA: The government has finally clarified the uncertainties in DTH licensing norms. According to new guidelines, DTH licenses will now be issued for a period of 20 years. Although the latest move may not be game changing for the operators, it has definitely brought a sense of positivity to the sector.
“We are grateful to Shri Javadekar for resolving the long standing impasse on the DTH License policy which will provide certainty to the sector. We look forward to a level playing field via parity of Licence Fee with Cable TV which too is Licensed by MIB and follows the same prices and margins as regulated by TRAI’s NTO,” Tata Sky MD& CEO Harit Nagpal said.
DTH companies seek uniform licence fee policy
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The DTH sector has been asking for a rationalisation of licence fee, which is currently 10% of their gross revenues. Cable TV and headend-in-the-sky operators don’t have to pay any licence fee.
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In fiscal 2020, the top three DTH players (Tata Sky, Dish TV and Airtel Digital TV) have paid more thaan Rs 4,750 crore in licence fee alone.
Mumbai: Direct-to-home (DTH) companies Tata Sky and Dish TV have again raised concerns over what they termed discriminatory policies, and demanded a uniform licence fee and a level playing field for the entire distribution sector, collectively called distribution platform operators (DPOs).