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  • Indian Railways Data Hacked, Information of Around Three Crore Travellers Being Sold on Dark Web: Reports

    Indian Railways Data Hacked, Information of Around Three Crore Travellers Being Sold on Dark Web: Reports

    New Delhi, December 28 : Data of around three crore travellers registered with the Indian Railways has been hacked and reportedly put on sale on the Dark Web, as per reports. It has been claimed by the hackers that the Indian Railways data is one of the biggest data ever hacked by anyone. Twitter Data Breach: E-Mails, Phone Numbers of 400 Million Users, Including High-Profile Accounts, Up for Sale on Dark Web, Hacker Makes Offer to Elon Musk.

    Earlier, a China-based hacker had hacked the technical systems of of AIIMS, New Delhi. They had, in fact, taken the whole server into their control, but it was later taken back from their possession. The data of Indian Railway, put on sale on a forum being run by cybercriminals, has user data, and invoices of latest month.

    “The hacked data has usernames, emails, mobile numbers, gender, full address, and their language preferences. The data is of users who book tickets from Indian Railway portal,” a source said. Data Breach: CERT-In Warns Indian Users Against Phishing Attacks via LastPass.

    The hacker, who uses the pseudonym ‘Shadohacker’, has also claimed that he has data of government persons having government email IDs and their cell phone numbers.

    As of now, the Indian Railways has not made any official comment on the matter. This is the second time when data of Indian Railway ticket buyers have been hacked, after a similar case in 2020.

    (The above story first appeared on Morning Tidings on Dec 28, 2022 07:48 PM IST. For more news and updates on politics, world, sports, entertainment and lifestyle, log on to our website morningtidings.com).

  • Tech Layoffs: upGrad Denies Reports That It Is Planning to Layoff Hundreds of Employees

    Tech Layoffs: upGrad Denies Reports That It Is Planning to Layoff Hundreds of Employees

    New Delhi, December 15 : Amid the deepening layoff winter, online higher education platform upGrad may ask a major chunk of its employees — about one-third or even more — to go in days to come, people familiar with the matter said on Thursday. The company, however, denied any upcoming layoff — large or small. People, who are directly in the know of the matter, told IANS that the company may let go of hundreds of employees soon. Tech Layoffs Surpass Great Recession Levels of 2008, Set To Get Worse in Early 2023.

    In a statement to IANS, the Ronnie Screwvala-led company denied any cutbacks over team strengths at “One upGrad”. “We categorically deny any vested interest or rumours about layoffs, large or small,” a company spokesperson said, adding that “as we consolidate our M&As, there will always be an ongoing assessment of both — profile redundancy and performance”.

    The company spokesperson said that in the last 60 days, it has added “over 2,000 to our team strength and just in the last 2 weeks, we have remained as a net hirer of 200”. Layoffs Season: Why Meta, Twitter, Amazon, Other Tech Companies Laying Off Employees All At Once and Why Experts Believe the Worst Is Yet To Come.

    “As shared officially last month, we have also entered into additional premises across India of over 100,000 square feet to strengthen our business footprints,” the company told IANS. It also said that between now and March 2023, “One upGrad will add another 500 employees to its team strength across India”.

    Last month, the edtech major announced that it plans to hire over 1,400 team members by March 2023 to continue its growth and expansion plans to impact learners in India and globally.

    In September, the online higher education platform acquired corporate training solutions provider Centum Learning in a share swap deal. The company, however, did not disclose the deal size.

    Started in 2015, upGrad has a learner base of over 3 million across more than 100 countries and over 300 university partners and a robust enterprise business with a client base of 1,000 companies worldwide. In August, upGrad raised $210 million (about Rs 1,670 crore) in a round that saw participation from ETS Global, Bodhi Tree, Kaizen Management Advisors and others.

    (The above story first appeared on Morning Tidings on Dec 15, 2022 08:10 PM IST. For more news and updates on politics, world, sports, entertainment and lifestyle, log on to our website morningtidings.com).

  • WhatsApp Data Leaked? Here’s How To Check if Your Number and Other Information Have Been Leaked Online Amid Reports of Breach

    WhatsApp Data Leaked? Here’s How To Check if Your Number and Other Information Have Been Leaked Online Amid Reports of Breach

    Mumbai, November 28: Amid reports of data leak of about 500 million users, Meta-owned WhatsApp denied the reports that claimed that phone numbers of 487 million users have been stolen. Earlier, reports claimed that data of WhatsApp users were stolen and allegedly put on sale on a “well-known” hacking community forum.

    Speaking about the alleged data reports leak, a company spokesperson said “The claim written on Cybernews is based on unsubstantiated screenshots. There is no evidence of a ‘data leak’ from WhatsApp.” As per reports, the purported list which is said to be leaked is said to be a set of phone numbers and not “WhatsApp user information”. WhatsApp Users’ Phone Numbers Stolen and Put On Sale? Meta-Owned Messaging Platform Denies Allegation of 500 Million Users’ Data Leak.

    Meanwhile, there are a few ways on how one can check whether their number and personal information have been leaked online or no.

    Steps To Check if Your Data Has Been Leaked or No:

    • Visit the official website of Cybernews at www.cybernews.com
    • Now, enter your mobile number or Email ID in the international format
    • Next, click on the ‘Check now’ option
    • The result will show whether your data has been leaked or no

    Reports also suggest that WhatsApp data of users from 84 countries including phone phone numbers of millions of users from US, UK, and Russia have been said to be leaked. Besides US, UK and Russia, countries such as Egypt, Italy, Saudi Arabia, and even India are said to be on the list of leaked data.

    Reports also claim that the hacker has noteworthy number of phone numbers which belong to citizens of Egypt (45 million), Italy (35 million), Saudi Arabia (29 million), France (20 million), and Turkey (20 million). If the news is true, then the data can be used to hackers to spam, phish and even identity theft among other cybercriminal activities.

    (The above story first appeared on Morning Tidings on Nov 28, 2022 10:38 PM IST. For more news and updates on politics, world, sports, entertainment and lifestyle, log on to our website morningtidings.com).

  • Amazon To Shut Food-Delivery Services in India From December 29: Reports

    Amazon To Shut Food-Delivery Services in India From December 29: Reports

    According to reports, Amazon is going to shut its food delivery service in India by the end of December. Reportedly, restaurant partners will have access to Amazon tools and reports till January 2023. As per reports, Amazon sent a mail to restaurant partners that reads, “This decision means that you will no longer get orders from customers via Amazon Food after this date. You will continue to receive orders till then and we expect you to continue fulfilling those orders.” Amazon Food Delivery Service To Be Launched in India Soon.

    Amazon To Shut Food Delivery Service in India

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  • Elon Musk Slams Reports Claiming ‘General Amnesty’ for Suspended Twitter Accounts Will Have Negative Impact

    Elon Musk Slams Reports Claiming ‘General Amnesty’ for Suspended Twitter Accounts Will Have Negative Impact

    Washington, November 25: Twitter CEO Elon Musk, who announced that he will begin ‘general amnesty’ for suspended accounts on the micro-blogging platform, has slammed reports that claimed this will spur a rise in harassment, hate speech and misinformation.

    After earlier reinstating former US President Donald Trump’s Twitter handle, Musk took to Twitter and put up a poll asking users to vote on whether the micro-blogging site should offer a general amnesty to other suspended accounts provided that they have not broken the law or engaged in egregious spam. Twitter Layoffs: Elon Musk Shuts Microblogging Site’s Brussels Office, Says Report.

    As per the survey results, slightly over 3 million people voted in the poll and with the majority of 72.4 per cent of voting in favour of amnesty. Musk then tweeted, “The people have spoken. Amnesty begins next week. Vox Populi, Vox Dei.” Twitter Layoffs: European Union Voices Concern Over Twitter’s Content Moderation Practices and Mass Sackings.

    Following this, a leading American news agency reported that online safety experts predict Musk’s ‘general amnesty’ for suspended accounts will spur a rise in harassment, hate speech and misinformation.

    Replying to this, Musk took a witty dig at the agency and said on Twitter, “AP is such an expert in misinformation. Twitter couldn’t hope to compete!” He also inquired about the “online experts” by tweeting, “But you have piqued my curiosity … who are these “online experts” you speak of?”

    Last Friday, Musk began reinstating accounts that were previously subject to indefinite bans for breaking the platform’s rules. Author Jordan Peterson and comedian Kathy Griffin were among the first people whose accounts were reinstated.

    “New Twitter policy is freedom of speech, but not freedom of reach. Negative/hate tweets will be max deboosted and demonetized, so no ads or other revenue to Twitter. You won’t find the tweet unless you specifically seek it out, which is no different from the rest of the Internet,” Musk said in an earlier tweet.

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  • Mark Zuckerberg To Resign as Meta CEO Next Year? Facebook Parent Company Responds To Media Reports

    Mark Zuckerberg To Resign as Meta CEO Next Year? Facebook Parent Company Responds To Media Reports

    San Francisco, November 23: Meta (formerly Facebook) has denied reports that its founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg is resigning next year amid slow growth and massive layoffs at the social network. The Leak portal first reported, citing its source privy to plans at Meta, that “Zuckerberg is set to resign next year”.

    The report claimed that Zuckerberg has decided to step down himself and it will not “affect metaverse”, his multi-billion dollar project. Andy Stone, Meta’s Communications Director, refuted the report late on Tuesday, tweeting that “This is false”. Meta-Owned WhatsApp Announces New Features for Better End-to-End Commerce Experience for Users.

    Despite serious concerns raised by investors and industry experts, Zuckerberg is determined to aggressively push his Metaverse dream. Earlier this month, in one of the worst lay-offs ever in the tech industry, Zuckerberg sacked more than 11,000 employees — about 13 per cent of the global workforce — and extended hiring freeze through Q1 2023.

    The company posted another quarterly revenue decline as investors begin to lose faith in its loss-making, billion-dollars metaverse dream. In the third quarter (Q3), Meta’s revenue declined 4 per cent year over year to hit $27.7 billion. The company posted a net income of $4.395 billion, down from $9.194 billion year over year.

    This decline was due to Meta’s huge losses in Reality Labs, Meta’s virtual reality division, which lost $3.672 billion in Q3. “There’s still a long road ahead to build the next computing platform. But we’re clearly doing leading work here. This is a massive undertaking and it’s often going to take a few versions of each product before they become mainstream,” Zuckerberg had said. Zuckerberg Announces WhatsApp Business for Brazil, UK, Indonesia, Mexico, Colombia.

    Meta CFO David Wehner, however, said that some of the revenue decline is due to inflation. Meta investors have called on the company to reduce its workforce by at least 20 per cent and stop making investments in metaverse.

    In a sharp criticism of Zuckerberg, Altimeter Capital Chair and CEO Brad Gerstner had said that the social network needs to reduce more headcounts and stop spending too much on metaverse to get its “mojo back”.

    (The above story first appeared on Morning Tidings on Nov 23, 2022 10:42 AM IST. For more news and updates on politics, world, sports, entertainment and lifestyle, log on to our website morningtidings.com).

  • Paytm Shares Tumble Nearly 11% After Reports of SoftBank Starts Process To Sell 4.5% Stake

    Paytm Shares Tumble Nearly 11% After Reports of SoftBank Starts Process To Sell 4.5% Stake

    New Delhi, November 17: Shares of One97 Communications, Paytm’s parent firm, on Thursday tumbled nearly 11 per cent following reports that Japan-based SoftBank has started the process to sell a 4.5 per cent stake in the company in a block deal.

    The stock tanked 10.31 per cent to settle at Rs 539.55 on the BSE. During the day, it went lower by 11 per cent to Rs 535.20. At the NSE, it fell 10.78 per cent to settle at Rs 536.60. The company’s market valuation eroded by Rs 4,021.85 crore to Rs 35,013.52 crore on the BSE. #stockmarkets Funny Memes & Jokes Go Viral After Zomato, Paytm Shares Fall, Sensex Tumbles 774 Points, Nifty Slips Below 17,400 Mark.

    On traded volume terms, 43.24 lakh shares were traded at the BSE and over 5.72 crore shares at the NSE during the day. SoftBank has started the process to sell a 4.5 per cent stake in One97 Communications for about USD 200 million (around Rs 1,627 crore) in a block deal, according to sources. Vijay Shekhar Sharma, CEO of Paytm, Arrested and Released on Bail in February For Ramming Into DCP’s Car.

    The development comes immediately after the lock-in period for Paytm’s investors to trade shares ended. SoftBank is the second largest shareholder with a 17.5 per cent stake in the company.

    According to two sources aware of the development, SoftBank has offered to sell shares in the price band of Rs 555 to Rs 601.55 apiece that are held through its subsidiary SVF India Holdings.

    SoftBank expects to raise around USD 200 million at the lower end of the price band of Rs 555. The deal may fetch SoftBank around USD 215 million at the upper end.

    SoftBank had invested USD 1.6 billion in Paytm in the last quarter of 2017 and offloaded shares worth USD 220 million at the time of the launch of IPO (Initial Public Offering).

  • Infosys Ends Work From Home Facility for Employees, Introduces Three-Phased Work From Office Plan: Reports

    Infosys Ends Work From Home Facility for Employees, Introduces Three-Phased Work From Office Plan: Reports

    Mumbai, November 15: Amid the ongoing global layoffs by companies like Meta and Twitter, tech giant Infosys is now planning to end work from home (WFH) for its employees. As per reports, the tech company has asked employees to come back to office as it is ending the work from home system. However, the work from office will begin a phased manner, says report.

    According to reports, the Bengaluru-based company has planned a three-phased work from office plan in order to ensure smooth transition from work from home to work from office. Reportedly, the decision comes a month after the Indian IT company’s CEO Salil Parekh that Infosys will continue with its flexible policy when it comes tp employees working from home. Work From Office Begins? TCS Tracks Attendance, Asks Employees To Show Medical Certificate for Exemption From WFH.

    Reports also suggest that that the IT major has informed employees about the three-phase work from office plan via an internal mail. Krishnamurthy Shankar, Executive Vice President and Group Head of HR Development said that the company’s new approach will allow employees felicity. He also said that that it is not a “one size-fits-all approach”, reports Times of India.

    He further said, “It will be exciting to see how our teams will explore their own return to office plans by creatively and pragmatically blending project and business imperatives along with collective working convenience.” US Company Sacks Dutch Employee for Refusing To Keep Webcam On During Work From Home, Gets Fined by Netherlands Court.

    What Is Infosys’ Three-Phase Work From Office Plan?

    As per reports, the work from office plan is divided in a three-phase. In the first phase, employees have to report to office twice a week. In the second phase, employees will be given the freedom to take transfer or relocate to a branch office of their choice. The final phase of the third phase will help the IT major to determine its hybrid-work policy after taking feedback from employees about the first two phases.

    In September 2022, TCS asked its employees to mandatorily work from office at least three days, thereby ending work from home. In a statement, TCS had said, “Managers will create a roster, and adhering to the roster is mandatory.” Soon after TCS, Wipro also asked its employees to work from the office.

    (The above story first appeared on Morning Tidings on Nov 15, 2022 09:05 AM IST. For more news and updates on politics, world, sports, entertainment and lifestyle, log on to our website morningtidings.com).

  • Twitter Blue With Free Verification Badge Rolls Out in India For Select Users, To Cost Rs 719 Per Month: Reports

    Twitter Blue With Free Verification Badge Rolls Out in India For Select Users, To Cost Rs 719 Per Month: Reports

    Delhi, November 11: The Twitter Blue paid subscription has started rolling out in India and would likely cost ₹719 per month, according to reports. The Blue service, which was rolled out to users in the US as well as a few other countries on Wednesday, is expected to be widely available in India in the coming days. Some users in India have started sharing images of the prompts received for Twitter Blue subscription. 

    Few Indian users have started seeing prompts on their devices asking them to subscribe to Twitter Blue. However, as per reports, the service is only being rolled out to iOS users first. Meanwhile, there has been no confirmation or official statements from Twitter, Elon Musk , or Twitter India on the same. Twitter Accounts Engaged in Impersonation Should Declare ‘Parody’ in Their Name Not Just in Bio, Says Elon Musk

    However, the price of Twitter Blue for Indian users seems to be higher than that of US as Rs 719 translates to $8.93 which is higher than the usual $8 being charged in other countries. Elon Musk Takes Dig at Twitter Alternative Mastodon App? Tweets ‘If You Don’t Like Twitter Anymore, There Is Awesome Site Called Masterbatedone’

    For now, only some have received these prompts for Twitter Blue.

    The official website does not show any details about the rollout timeline of the service in India. In addition, Twitter owner Elon Musk, has said that Twitter Blue users also get priority in reach and display on Twitter.

    Earlier, when Elon Musk had announced that outside the US the price of Twitter Blue will depend on the purchasing power in that country which led to speculation in India that the price of Twitter Blue would be significantly lower than $7.99 that Musk had proposed for other countries like US. However, if early indications are to be believed this is not the case.

    Some days ago Twitter had rolled out the ‘official’ checkmark for notable accounts but it was scrapped just hours after rollout.

    (The above story first appeared on Morning Tidings on Nov 11, 2022 09:17 AM IST. For more news and updates on politics, world, sports, entertainment and lifestyle, log on to our website morningtidings.com).

  • Kili Paul to Have a Special Segment in Bigg Boss 16 With Abdu Rozik and MC Stan, Will Enter Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 10 as Wild Card Contestant: Reports

    Social media sensationKili Paul who is famous for his lip sync videos on Instagram is soon going to enter Bigg Boss 16 and will have a special segment with Abdu Rozik and MC Stan. Reports also suggest that the African social media star will enter Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 10 as Wild Card Contestant. Ranveer Singh Shakes a Leg with Tanzanian Artist Kili Paul at Meta Creator Day, Faisal Shaikh and Jannat Zubair in Attendance (Watch Video).

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