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Cyber-incident records of public authority — CIC

Cyber-incident details against a public authority: executive summary disclosable post-remediation; live-investigation material protected.

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 +{{htmlmetatags>metatag-keywords=(Cyber-incident records of public authority — CIC,Central Information Commission RTI,RTI §8,cyber incident,CIC,§8(1)(a),§8(1)(h),CERT-In)&metatag-description=(Cyber-incident details against a public authority: executive summary disclosable post-remediation; live-investigation material protected.)}}
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 +====== Cyber-incident records of public authority — CIC ======
 +
 +<WRAP center round info 95%>
 +**Central Information Commission** · 2023-01-01 · Citation awaited
 +</WRAP>
 +
 +//Cyber-incident reports: executive summary post-remediation OK; live forensic content §8(1)(h) protected.//
 +
 +===== Case details =====
 +
 +^ Court | Central Information Commission |
 +^ Decided | 2023-01-01 |
 +^ Citation | Citation awaited |
 +^ Petitioner | RTI applicant |
 +^ Respondent | Public authority (victim) |
 +^ RTI Act sections | §8(1)(a), §8(1)(h) |
 +^ Outcome | Partly allowed |
 +
 +===== Outcome =====
 +
 +Cyber-incident details against a public authority: executive summary disclosable post-remediation; live-investigation material protected.
 +
 +===== Ratio decidendi =====
 +
 +Where a public authority suffers a cyber-incident, the existence, date, nature (ransomware/data-exfiltration), and remediation status are disclosable post-remediation as accountability records. Live forensic content and specific IOCs remain protected under §8(1)(a) / §8(1)(h).
 +
 +===== Keywords =====
 +
 +cyber incident, CIC, §8(1)(a), §8(1)(h), CERT-In
 +
 +===== Similar cases in the corpus =====
 +
 +//These rulings have the closest editorial ratio to this case — computed by tf-idf cosine similarity over ratio, keywords and Act sections. Useful starting points if you are researching the same point of law.//
 +
 +  * [[/cases/sic-karnataka-police-records-2021|Police complaint records — Karnataka SIC]] (SIC-KA 2021)
 +  * [[/cases/cic-rti-dgca-aircraft-investigation-2023|DGCA aircraft-incident investigation — CIC]] (CIC 2023)
 +  * [[/cases/sc-rti-lok-pal-public-authority-2024|Lok Pal under RTI — SC]] (SC 2024)
 +  * [[/cases/sic-rajasthan-rti-ration-irregularity-2021|PDS leakage investigation — Rajasthan SIC]] (SIC-RJ 2021)
 +  * [[/cases/karnataka-hc-rti-bmtc-tenders-2020|BMTC tender records — Karnataka HC]] (HC-KAR 2020)
 +
 +===== Related =====
 +
 +  * [[https://righttoinformation.wiki/cases/search?court=CIC|All Central Information Commission rulings in the corpus]]
 +  * [[https://righttoinformation.wiki/cases/search?section=8|All RTI cases turning on §8]]
 +  * [[:cases:search|Full case-law search]]
 +  * [[:cases|Case-Law Database — overview]]
 +  * [[:pio-rti-reply-guide|PIO RTI Reply Guide]]
 +  * [[:act|The RTI Act, 2005 — annotated]]
 +
 +<WRAP center round alert 95%>
 +**Editorial summary, not a certified report.** The ratio here is an editorial compression. Before citing this ruling in a PIO order, FAA speaking order, or any appellate filing, **verify against the full reported decision**. RTI Wiki is not a legal service.
 +</WRAP>
 +
 +
 +
 +//Editorial summary · last reviewed 21 April 2026.//
 +
 +{{tag>case-law court-cic section-8}}