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Fake Social Media Posts Claim India Becoming Permanent Member Of UNSC
Since PM Modi attended and addressed the 79th UN General Assembly Session in New York last month, multiple social media users have shared posts claiming that India had secured a permanent seat in the UN Security Council with veto power.
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UPSC Cracks Down, Says Puja Khedkar Faked Identity, Parents' Name, Address
The UPSC has issued a notice to cancel selection of trainee IAS officer Puja Khedkar, who was being investigated for lying about visual and mental disabilities to clear the Civil Services entrance examination.
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Fact Check: Video Claiming PM Referred To 'Panj Pyare' As His Uncle Is Fake
A video of Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressing a public rally is being widely shared on social media, claiming he said that one of the 'Panj Pyare' of Guru Gobind Singh Ji, the tenth Sikh Guru, was his uncle.
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YouTuber Dhruv Rathee Reacts To Viral Posts Claiming His Wife Is Pakistani
Popular YouTube Dhruv Rathee on Tuesday addressed false reports circulating on social media regarding his wife.
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Fact Check: Kangana Ranaut Falsely Claims She Got BJP Ticket Due To Women's Quota Bill
In a recent public address, actor Kangana Ranaut claimed that she received the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) ticket to contest elections from the Mandi constituency in Himachal Pradesh because of the Women's Reservation Bill.
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Centre's Fact-Check Unit Put On Hold, Top Court Cites "Freedom Of Speech"
A day after the Centre notified the fact check unit under the Press Information Bureau to "address the challenge of fake news", the Supreme Court today paused the notification, setting aside the Bombay High Court's go-ahead to the government's move.
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MicroStrategy’s X Account Hacked, Over $440,000 Estimated Stolen Via Fake $MSTR Airdrop Links
The X account of MicroStrategy was hacked in the early hours of Monday, February 26. The account was flooded with posts showing links where people could click and register for the airdrop of Ethereum-based ‘so-called official’ MSTR token.
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UK Arrests 1 After Raids Over Fake Parts For Best-Selling Plane Engine
Britain's Serious Fraud Office (SFO) on Wednesday raided an address and arrested one person as part of a probe into an aircraft parts supplier that serviced several major airlines.
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Crypto Scammers Targeting Indian, Nigerian Government Websites With MetaMask Phishing Links: Report
Government sites from India, Nigeria, Egypt, Colombia, Brazil, Vietnam, and other countries are redirecting visitors to scam MetaMask sites. The websites of the Nigerian Postal Service and the Municipal Corporation of Ambala are amongst those that are redirecting visitors to the fake website, disguised as the original site for the digital wallet pl...
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US Citizens Duped On Pretext Of Tech Support Services, Two Arrested In Delhi
Police received information on Wednesday regarding a fake call centre operating at H-N Block, Krishan Vihar, Sultanpuri, a senior police officer said.
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Crypto Scammers Hack OpenAI CTO’s Twitter Account, Promote Fake Airdrop: Details
The Twitter account of OpenAI CTO Mira Murati was reportedly hacked by crypto scammers, who promoted a fake crypto airdrop via this verified account. As of now, neither OpenAI nor Murati have addressed the incident on any public platform.
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Microsoft President Says Deepfakes Are Biggest Concern Around AI, Steps Needed to Curb AI-Driven Fraud
Microsoft president Brad Smith said Thursday that his biggest concern around artificial intelligence was deep fakes, realistic looking but false content. "We're going have to address the issues around deep fakes. We're going to have to address in particular what we worry about most foreign cyber influence operations, the kinds of activities that ar...
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Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra’s Space Zoom Images of the Moon Aren’t Fake, Says Company: Report
Samsung has been caught in controversy after a Redditor allegedly discovered the company’s Space Zoom images of the moon were fake and then went about attempting to prove that they were. While Samsung has addressed a similar issue with a previous Galaxy smartphone, it has once again responded explaining how the feature works and how the phone is ...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi Urges Citizens to Check Facts Before Sharing Fake News on Social Media
Prime Minister Narendra Modi said at a recent event that social media cannot be underestimated. He explained how a small piece of fake news can create chaos. The Prime Minister appealed for people to check facts before sharing messages on social media. He also said the agencies have to be 10 steps ahead of the crime world with the introduction of 5...
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Apple, Google Need to Submit Details on Tackling Fake Crypto Apps, US Lawmakers Reach Out
US authorities have reached out to big tech giants Apple and Google, in a bid to check if the companies are proactively monitoring crypto apps available to their users for downloads. The letters, addressed to Tim Cook and Sundar Pichai come in the backdrop of a Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) warning that has recently claimed that fake crypto...
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Fake Social Media Posts Claim India Becoming Permanent Member Of UNSC
Since PM Modi attended and addressed the 79th UN General Assembly Session in New York last month, multiple social media users have shared posts claiming that India had secured a permanent seat in the UN Security Council with veto power.
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UPSC Cracks Down, Says Puja Khedkar Faked Identity, Parents' Name, Address
The UPSC has issued a notice to cancel selection of trainee IAS officer Puja Khedkar, who was being investigated for lying about visual and mental disabilities to clear the Civil Services entrance examination.
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Fact Check: Video Claiming PM Referred To 'Panj Pyare' As His Uncle Is Fake
A video of Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressing a public rally is being widely shared on social media, claiming he said that one of the 'Panj Pyare' of Guru Gobind Singh Ji, the tenth Sikh Guru, was his uncle.
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YouTuber Dhruv Rathee Reacts To Viral Posts Claiming His Wife Is Pakistani
Popular YouTube Dhruv Rathee on Tuesday addressed false reports circulating on social media regarding his wife.
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Fact Check: Kangana Ranaut Falsely Claims She Got BJP Ticket Due To Women's Quota Bill
In a recent public address, actor Kangana Ranaut claimed that she received the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) ticket to contest elections from the Mandi constituency in Himachal Pradesh because of the Women's Reservation Bill.
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Centre's Fact-Check Unit Put On Hold, Top Court Cites "Freedom Of Speech"
A day after the Centre notified the fact check unit under the Press Information Bureau to "address the challenge of fake news", the Supreme Court today paused the notification, setting aside the Bombay High Court's go-ahead to the government's move.
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MicroStrategy’s X Account Hacked, Over $440,000 Estimated Stolen Via Fake $MSTR Airdrop Links
The X account of MicroStrategy was hacked in the early hours of Monday, February 26. The account was flooded with posts showing links where people could click and register for the airdrop of Ethereum-based ‘so-called official’ MSTR token.
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UK Arrests 1 After Raids Over Fake Parts For Best-Selling Plane Engine
Britain's Serious Fraud Office (SFO) on Wednesday raided an address and arrested one person as part of a probe into an aircraft parts supplier that serviced several major airlines.
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Crypto Scammers Targeting Indian, Nigerian Government Websites With MetaMask Phishing Links: Report
Government sites from India, Nigeria, Egypt, Colombia, Brazil, Vietnam, and other countries are redirecting visitors to scam MetaMask sites. The websites of the Nigerian Postal Service and the Municipal Corporation of Ambala are amongst those that are redirecting visitors to the fake website, disguised as the original site for the digital wallet pl...
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US Citizens Duped On Pretext Of Tech Support Services, Two Arrested In Delhi
Police received information on Wednesday regarding a fake call centre operating at H-N Block, Krishan Vihar, Sultanpuri, a senior police officer said.
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Crypto Scammers Hack OpenAI CTO’s Twitter Account, Promote Fake Airdrop: Details
The Twitter account of OpenAI CTO Mira Murati was reportedly hacked by crypto scammers, who promoted a fake crypto airdrop via this verified account. As of now, neither OpenAI nor Murati have addressed the incident on any public platform.
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Microsoft President Says Deepfakes Are Biggest Concern Around AI, Steps Needed to Curb AI-Driven Fraud
Microsoft president Brad Smith said Thursday that his biggest concern around artificial intelligence was deep fakes, realistic looking but false content. "We're going have to address the issues around deep fakes. We're going to have to address in particular what we worry about most foreign cyber influence operations, the kinds of activities that ar...
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Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra’s Space Zoom Images of the Moon Aren’t Fake, Says Company: Report
Samsung has been caught in controversy after a Redditor allegedly discovered the company’s Space Zoom images of the moon were fake and then went about attempting to prove that they were. While Samsung has addressed a similar issue with a previous Galaxy smartphone, it has once again responded explaining how the feature works and how the phone is ...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi Urges Citizens to Check Facts Before Sharing Fake News on Social Media
Prime Minister Narendra Modi said at a recent event that social media cannot be underestimated. He explained how a small piece of fake news can create chaos. The Prime Minister appealed for people to check facts before sharing messages on social media. He also said the agencies have to be 10 steps ahead of the crime world with the introduction of 5...
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Apple, Google Need to Submit Details on Tackling Fake Crypto Apps, US Lawmakers Reach Out
US authorities have reached out to big tech giants Apple and Google, in a bid to check if the companies are proactively monitoring crypto apps available to their users for downloads. The letters, addressed to Tim Cook and Sundar Pichai come in the backdrop of a Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) warning that has recently claimed that fake crypto...
