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  • ‘Tata Motors Cars Celebrate Sales Exceeding 30 Million’ Fake Message: ‘China-Based Hackers Luring Indians Into Scam’, Says Report

    ‘Tata Motors Cars Celebrate Sales Exceeding 30 Million’ Fake Message: ‘China-Based Hackers Luring Indians Into Scam’, Says Report

    New Delhi, June 10: Cyber-security researchers in India on Thursday said they have discovered a malicious free gift campaign pretending to be an offer from Tata Motors that is collecting users’ data, and the campaign has been traced to China-based hackers.

    The research wing of New Delhi-based CyberPeace Foundation received some links via WhatsApp, related to a free gift offer from Tata Motors, collecting browser and system information as well as the cookie data from the users.

    “The campaign is pretended to be an offer from Tata Motors but hosted on the third-party domain instead of the official website of Tata Motors which makes it more suspicious,” the research team said in a statement.  ‘Tata Motors Cars Celebrates Sales Exceeding 30 Million, Fill Questionnaire to Win Tata Safari’; Fake WhatsApp Message Goes Viral, Company Debunks Claim

    If any user opens the link from a device like smartphones where WhatsApp application is installed, the sharing features on the site will open the WhatsApp application on the device to share the link.

    “The prizes are kept really attractive to lure the laymen,” the team said.

    The title of the fake website is “Tata Motors Cars, Celebrates sales exceeding 30 million.”

    On the landing page, a congratulations message appears with an attractive photo of a Tata Safari car and asks users to participate in a quick survey to get a free TATA Safari vehicle.

    “Also, at the bottom of this page, a section comes up which seems to be a Facebook comment section where many users have commented about how the offer is beneficial,” the research revealed.

    After Clicking the OK button, users are given three attempts to win the prize.

    After completing all the attempts, it says that the user has won “TATA SAFARI”.

    “Congratulations! You did it! You won the TATA SAFARI!” Clicking on the ‘OK’ button, it then instructs users to share the campaign on WhatsApp.

    The user then has to click the WhatsApp button in order to complete the progress bar. After clicking on the green ‘Complete registration’ button, it redirects the user to multiple advertisements webpages, and it varies each time the user clicks on the button.

    According to the researchers, cybercriminals used Cloudflare technologies to mask the real IP addresses of the front-end domain names used in the free gifts from Tata Motors campaign.

    “But during the phases of investigation, we have identified a domain name that was requested in the background and has been traced as belonging to China,” the researchers revealed.

    CyberPeace Foundation, a think tank and grassroot NGO of cyber security and policy experts, along with Autobot Infosec Private Limited looked into this matter to realise that these websites are online fraud.

    “The campaign is pretended to be an offer from Tata Motors but hosted on the third-party domain instead of the official website of Tata Motors which makes it more suspicious,” the Foundation said.

    The Foundation recommended that people avoid opening such messages sent via social platforms.

    (The above story first appeared on Morning Tidings on Jun 10, 2021 11:33 AM IST. For more news and updates on politics, world, sports, entertainment and lifestyle, log on to our website morningtidings.com).

  • ‘Tata Motors Cars Celebrates Sales Exceeding 30 Million, Fill Questionnaire to Win Tata Safari’; Fake WhatsApp Message Goes Viral, Company Debunks Claim

    ‘Tata Motors Cars Celebrates Sales Exceeding 30 Million, Fill Questionnaire to Win Tata Safari’; Fake WhatsApp Message Goes Viral, Company Debunks Claim

    Mumbai, June 8: You might have received a message on WhatsApp which says you can win a Tata Safari by filling a questionnaire. The WhatsApp message, which also contains a link, claims the “offer” is made because automobile major Tata Motors Cars reported sale exceeding 30 million. The message is going viral on WhatsApp as well as on Twitter, and people are filling the questionnaire in hope to win Tata Safari. But, the fact is this message is fake. Ratan Tata Again Calls Out Fake News as Rumour Mongers Quote Him as Saying That ‘2020 Is Year to Survive, Not to Make Profit’.

    “Tata Motors Cars, Celebrates sales exceeding 30 million! Through the questionnaire, you will have a chance to get a TATA SAFARI (sic),” read the viral message. While some filled the questionnaire, others went on Twitter and asked Tata Motors if the claimed offer is made by the company. Tata Motors Cars has now issued a statement stating that the offer or scheme is circulated “with malicious intent of enabling data pilferage and phishing of anyone who opens the links”. Tata and Tesla to Team Up? Tata Motors Denies Any Partnership After ‘Tere Mere Pyaar Ke Charche’ Tweet to Welcome Elon Musk’s Company Sparks Rumours on Their Alliance.

    “Please note that Tata Motors has not announced any such contest and categorically denies any such association with such schemes. Moreover, we strongly suggest that such fraudulent messages should not spread further on social media and be deleted immediately,” read the statement issued by Tata Motors. The company also asked people to refrain from clicking on suspicious links and messages.

    Tata Motors Clarifies:

    Here it may be noted that Tata Motors’ domestic total sales for May rose to 24,552 vehicles sold, compared to an off-take of 4,418 units during the corresponding month of 2020. The company had in April reported that its global wholesales in Q4FY21, including that of Jaguar Land Rover rose by 43 per cent on a YoY basis to 330,125 units.

    Fact check

    'Tata Motors Cars Celebrates Sales Exceeding 30 Million, Fill Questionnaire to Win Tata Safari'; Fake WhatsApp Message Goes Viral, Company Debunks Claim

    Claim :

    Tata Motors Cars is celebrating sales exceeding 30 million and has thrown offer to win Tata Safari.

    Conclusion :

    The viral message is fake. No such offer is made by Tata Motors Cars.

    (The above story first appeared on Morning Tidings on Jun 08, 2021 10:57 AM IST. For more news and updates on politics, world, sports, entertainment and lifestyle, log on to our website morningtidings.com).

  • Tesla Model S & Model X Cars Have PS5 Level Entertainment Computing Power, Says CEO Elon Musk

    Tesla Model S & Model X Cars Have PS5 Level Entertainment Computing Power, Says CEO Elon Musk

    San Francisco: As US-based chip-maker AMD confirmed that it is powering the gaming rig inside Tesla’s Model S and Model X, Elon Musk said the new models can run PS5 level entertainment computing power. AMD has revealed that the new Tesla infotainment system consists of an AMD Ryzen processor paired with an AMD RDNA 2 GPU. Musk had earlier claimed that one would be able to play The Witcher 3 and Cyberpunk 2077 on a 10 teraflop gaming rig stuffing into the new Tesla Model S and X. Elon Musk-Owned Tesla’s Gigafactory at Berlin Reportedly Attacked by Saboteurs.

    “Yeah, new Model S & X have PS5 level entertainment computing power,” reacting on a tweet related to the announcement, Tesla CEO Musk tweeted. “Model S Plaid delivery pushed to June 10. Needs one more week of tweak,” Musk said.

    Several users commented on the thread with their queries.

    “But can it play Cyberpunk 2077?” a user wrote. “I can imagine people hacking into these cars and use their processing power to mine cryptos. New Tesla owners probably gonna be wondering why their battery runs out faster now,” another user said.

    According to The Verge, the Radeon 6600M chip comes with 28CUs and 1792 shader units — compared to the 36CUs and an estimated 2304 shader units worth of RDNA 2 GPU in Sony’s PlayStation 5, which also claims to be a 10-teraflop gaming rig.

    The performance depends on the software platform, though, as we’ve seen with the 10-teraflop PS5 and the 12-teraflop Xbox Series X — and a recent job posting by Tesla suggests game developers may be building for Linux if they want to target the new Tesla in-car gaming rigs, the report said.

    Recently, Musk had announced that the EV maker is delaying its Model S Plaid delivery event as the new electric vehicle needs one more week of tuning. The CEO said that the delay had to do with making sure that the new battery pack in the updated Model S is going to be safe.

    (The above story first appeared on Morning Tidings on Jun 01, 2021 03:42 PM IST. For more news and updates on politics, world, sports, entertainment and lifestyle, log on to our website morningtidings.com).

  • Honda cars recalled 77,954 vehicles to fix faulty fuel pump

    Honda cars recalled 77,954 vehicles to fix faulty fuel pump

    Honda Cars India on Friday announced the recall of 77,954 units of its various models, including Amaze, Citi, WR-V, Jazz, Civic, BR-V and CRV, to replace a faulty fuel pump. This will largely affect cars manufactured in 2019.

    The company recalled about 65,651 vehicles in June last year for the same issue.

    “Honda Cars India Limited today announced that it has expanded its drive to voluntarily convert fuel pumps to 77,954 units of its select models in India. “Fuel pumps installed in these vehicles may contain faulty impulses, which may occur in a timely manner as a result of the engine stopping or not starting,” the company said in a statement.

    The latest recall will affect Amaze’s 36,086 units, WR-V’s 7,871 units and Jazz’s 6,235 units – all built between January-August 2019; 20,248 units of the Fourth General City and 5,170 units of the Civic – built between January-September 2019; Between January-October 2019, 1,737 units of BR-V and 607 units of CRVs were manufactured between January 2019-September 2020.

    The company said, “This replacement will be done free of charge at HCIL dealerships across India in a phased manner starting from April 17 and the owners are being contacted in person.”

    It added that dealers as facilities are currently working with limited staff to strictly enforce the safety and security norms specified by government officials, with prior appointment to avoid inconvenience to customers. It is recommended to visit.

  • Cars, SUV buck retail auto sales drop

    Cars, SUV buck retail auto sales drop

    Tractors also maintain traction in March

    Retail sales of passenger vehicles maintained growth with sales of over 2.79 lakh units in March, data released by the Federation of Automobile Dealers Association (FADA) showed. The figure was not strictly comparable with the year-earlier period, when sales were halted by nationwide COVID-19 lockdowns.

    Despite lower base, total vehicle sales declined by 28.6% to around 16.49 lakh units. Two-wheeler sales increased by more than one-third to around 11.95 lakh units, while three-wheeler supplies increased to 38,034 units. Retail sales of commercial vehicles stood at 67,372 units in March, up from 42% contracted a year earlier.

    However, tractor sales grew 29.2% to 69,082 units.

    ‘extreme caution’

    FADA said it was maintaining ‘extreme caution’ for April amid a second wave of epidemics, potential lockdowns and lack of semiconductors and ABS (anti-lock braking system).

    “Tractor and passenger vehicles (PV) were the only two categories that saw healthy digit growth,” said FADA President Winkle Gulati. “This increase may be linked to several factors such as last year’s low base, transition from BS-4 to BS-6 and India going under total lockdown,” he said.

    He said that the global shortage of wafers for semiconductor inputs had extended the PV waiting period to seven months.

    Citing Pew Research, he said that the financial crisis brought on by COVID-19 had left almost 32 million Indians out of the middle class. This badly affected the two-wheeler segment, which saw its biggest decline in the last few months. “It works as a double damper in tandem with high fuel prices and price increases,” Mr. Gulati said. “This has not only caused havoc in the minds of entry-level customers, but has also kept them away from going to showrooms,” he said.

    FADA stated that April was generally a high selling period due to festivals such as Ugadi, Gudi Padwa, Baisakhi and Poila Boishakh besides the wedding season. Any lockdown at this point would severely hamper the momentum achieved by the auto industry, it warned.

    The industry group said, “The growth of COVID-19 and fear among consumers has started keeping them away from high ticket purchases.” It states that due to lack of semiconductor it is not only P.V.

    The Udyog Mandal said that since Maharashtra contributed 10–11% of auto retail, the current lockdown would have a ‘catastrophic effect’ on sales this month.

    “FADA maintains extreme caution for the month of April as COVID-19 rises to new highs,” it said.

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  • Alstom Bag ₹ 1,854-cr. Order for subway cars

    Alstom Bag ₹ 1,854-cr. Order for subway cars

    Alstom has secured a contract with the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority for the design, manufacture, supply, testing and commissioning of 234 metro cars, including the Personnel Training and Extension Corridor (Wadala-Kasarawardavali-Gimukh) for Line 4. The order is valued at € 220 million (is 1,854 crore).

    The company said in a statement that new products have been added to Alstom’s portfolio as part of its acquisition of Bombardier Transportation (BT) on January 29, 2021.

    “This is an exciting time and this first order, following our merger with Bombardier Transportation, reflects our continued commitment to participation in the country’s Make-in-India mission,” said Ling Fung, region president of Alstom Asia Pacific.

    “We have been awarded this prestigious project by MMRDA and look forward to starting work on it. Alstom is proud to play a role in strengthening the country’s infrastructure and providing world-class mobility solutions to India’s commercial capital, ”he said..

    The line is a 35.3 km long elevated corridor with 32 stations.

    It will provide interconnectivity between the existing Eastern Express Roadway, Mono Rail, the ongoing Metro Line 2B (DN Nagar – Mandalay), and the proposed Metro Line 5 (Thane – Kalyan), Metro Line 6 (Swami Samarth Nagar – Vikhroli).

    The Mumbai metro lines 4 and 4A are expected to reduce the current travel time by 50% to 75% depending on the road conditions.

  • Tesla cars banned from China’s military campuses over security concerns: Source

    Tesla cars banned from China’s military campuses over security concerns: Source

    Tesla drivers should not park on military property; Residents of military housing were informed this week: Source

    The Chinese military has banned Tesla cars from entering their housing complexes, citing security concerns over cameras mounted on vehicles, with two people noticing the directing notice.

    The move is the latest sign of China’s growing scrutiny of the US electric carmaker amid tensions with Washington and analysts said it is close to US measures against Chinese telecom firm Huawei on national security grounds.

    Tesla drew strong support from Shanghai when it built its first overseas factory in 2019 and its best model 3 Brexan was the best-selling electric vehicle in the country before overtaking the much cheaper Micro EV last year.

    The directive states Tesla owners have advised to park their cars outside military property and residents were informed of the restrictions this week, two sources said, named because of the sensitivity of the issue Gone.

    Bloomberg news This step was previously reported.

    Pavel Molchanov, an analyst at Raymond James & Associates, said the latest ban on Tesla is a closely parallel concern of the US government’s hostility to Huawei that Beijing may have access to American telecommunications infrastructure.

    “Even if such concern is exaggerated, it can create clutter for directly affected companies,” he said.

    separately, Wall Street Journal China’s government was prohibiting the use of Tesla cars by personnel in military, state-owned enterprises in sensitive industries and major agencies.

    It was not immediately clear whether the measure implemented such facilities. The move comes after a government safety review of Tesla’s vehicles, the Wall Street Journal reported, cited people familiar with the effort.

    Tesla shares, which rose more than eight times in 2020, fell nearly 2% in New York trading on Friday.

    Tesla sold 147,445 cars in China last year, or 30% of its total deliveries, although it was sold to domestic rivals such as Nio Inc. And is facing increasing competition from Geely.

    China’s State Council Information Office and Tesla did not immediately respond to requests for comment on Friday. China’s Defense Ministry could not immediately be reached for comment.

    Cars and cameras

    The military’s apparent concern about Tesla underscores a broader issue for automakers as they equip more vehicles with cameras and sensors that capture images of the car’s surroundings.

    Who controls how those images are used and where they are sent and stored is a rapidly emerging challenge for the auto industry and regulators around the world.

    Tesla cars have multiple external cameras to aid parking and self-driving, and chief executive Elon Musk has often talked about the value of data that Tesla vehicles capture that was used to develop autonomous driving can go.

    Tesla’s Model 3 and Model Y also have cameras in the rear view mirror for driver safety that are disabled by default.

    Chinese military sanctions on Tesla came as a controversial meeting of senior Chinese and US officials in Alaska, the first face-to-face talks after US President Joe Biden took office.

    Michael Dunne, chief executive officer of consultancy ZoZoGo, said, “China has a wide range of equipment – some direct, some indirect-foreign, such as enormous pressure on companies like Tesla. Pressure can come in any direction for any reason.”

    It was not immediately clear whether Tesla’s decision was related to increasing US-China tensions.

    A Chinese state regulator said in February that government officials had met with Tesla representatives on reports of failures in battery fires, unexpected accelerations and over-the-air software updates from consumers.

    Musk is called the China Development Forum at a state-held annual global economic gathering in Beijing on Saturday. Chinese officials are also involved in the event.

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  • Luxury cars in India slow down

    Luxury cars in India slow down

    India needs to review the overall taxation of premium luxury vehicles, which is slowing the growth of such vehicles in the country, Martin Schwenek, MD and CEO, Mercedes-Benz India.

    “Duties, plans, taxation is a heavy burden … which is slowing down growth. Therefore, we will have growth, but not exponential growth,” said Mr. Schwank. He said, “For really strong growth , We will need more measures than a manufacturer …. We can only do so much in terms of cost, “he said.

    He said the company on Tuesday, unveiled the new E-Class starting at Rs 63.6 lakh, which is currently not an ‘active thinking’ of using India as a production hub due to lack of domestic production.

    Mr. Schwenek said the company is currently producing 11 models locally and may see another increase in the next few months, but that will not change the way they operate in India.

    “Deeper localization will require higher volumes from many models. We have seen the PLI plan… complication for us, any production to be set up in India will also require a strong domestic market, “he said.” And that means we have thousands of one model. Which we will make here. Now, you see our numbers, we are far from there.

    “And without a strong domestic footprint, it is very difficult to invest here and then basically export to other countries because then a necessary link is missing,” said the MD. “Therefore, in terms of domestic consumption, we first need to have a strong footprint and with that we can move forward,” he said.

    Talking about the E-Class, he said that it remained one of the most successful products in the company’s portfolio and about 30% of his volume came from the E-Class.

    “It is about 15% of the entire luxury car market. The new car looks, quite an improvement over the previous model in terms of technology… This year our sedan segment is one of our key focus areas and we are confident that the E-Class will continue to be the most successful luxury sedan in India. ”

    When asked about the outlook for the upcoming year, he said that while the company would not reach the 2018 versions – which was a record sales year for the company, it had expected a 40% increase on the epidemic hit last year.

    “Overall the situation has improved, more than we thought … and now has seen in the last four-five months … in very good numbers every month, I believe we are on a real recovery in the market. So I I am very optimistic and will also move forward.

    He said the company was also seeing strong demand from the e-commerce channel. Mercedes-Benz introduced its e-commerce platform in April last year, contributing about 15% of the company’s annual sales. “We sold about 1200 cars, including used cars, and this was about 15% of our sales last year, originally from an online channel,” he said.

    On supply side issues, Mr Schwenek said, “Clearly, semiconductor is not our biggest issue … we can maneuver around it. For us, it’s more about direct supply, constraints on containers. And the whole shipment situation is a bit more complicated, but we also had barriers to travel restrictions and support from Germany to ramp us up. So it’s a mix of many elements. But more or less we are hopeful about that situation Huh. “

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  • Government in Lok Sabha donated to Congress, PM Cars Fund

    Government in Lok Sabha donated to Congress, PM Cars Fund

    The Congress and the government donated the PM Carriage Fund to the Lok Sabha on Monday. The opposition party alleged that LIC gave money in return for benefiting the people and Union Minister Anurag Thakur lashed out at Rajiv. Gandhi Foundation is accepting funds from China.

    During the question hour, Ravneet Singh Bittu, acting leader of the Congress in the Lok Sabha, said that migrant laborers and the poor suffered during the coronovirus-induced lockdown.

    “They did not get the benefits they should have got. LIC gave its money only to PM Cars. Why is that?” Mr Bittu accused him and asked the minister not to give a “political reply”.

    Speaker Om Birla told Mr. Bittu that if he asks a political question, he should get a political answer.

    Replying to Mr. Bittu, Mr. Thakur, who is the Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance, said that during the bandh, migrant laborers faced difficulties while returning home.

    Mr. Thakur listed the steps taken by the government to provide relief to migrant workers during the lockdown.

    Thakur said that there are instances where someone donated the entire pension amount to the PM Care Fund. Even those who got wages through the MNREGA scheme donated money to the PM Care Fund to help others.

    The Prime Minister’s Civil Assistance and Relief (PM CARES) Fund was established in March last year to deal with any type of emergency, such as relief to those currently affected and affected by the outbreak of COVID-19. To give. .

    Many public sector undertakings (PSUs), government employees contributed to the money. The money was also used for various coronovirus related initiatives, the minister said.

    “But there is a family in the country that formed the Rajiv Gandhi Foundation and worked to fill their accounts. Through the Rajiv Gandhi Foundation, these people did not even prioritize the Prime Minister’s National Relief Fund,” Mr. Thakur said. .

    Thakur said, “This party (Congress) worked to fill (the accounts) of the Rajiv Gandhi Foundation. They feel that because their account is now closed. The Rajiv Gandhi Foundation also took money from China.”

    Congress leader Rahul Gandhi was present in the House during that time.

    Mr. Thakur said that several accounts were created under the Rajiv Gandhi Foundation through which money was taken from various public undertakings. The Rajiv Gandhi Foundation is headed by Interim Congress President Sonia Gandhi. According to the RGF website, it also has Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra as its members.

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