Top Tech News Today: Personal Info Of 81.5 Cr Indians With ICMR Leaked, Posts On X With Misinformation Ineligible For Ad Revenue Share, More

The ICMR data breach was discovered by the US-based cybersecurity and intelligence firm Resecurity.

Given the severity of the data breach, the CBI is likely to probe the incident.

Source : ABP Live

ICMR Data Leak: Personal Info Of 81.5 Crore Indians On Sale

In what is perhaps the biggest data breach, information of more 81.5 crore citizens with the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) are on sale on the dark web, which contains crucial information such as Aadhaar and passport details, along with names, phone numbers, and addresses, according to a report by News18. Given the severity of the matter, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is expected to probe the incident after the ICMR files a complaint. The data breach was discovered by the US-based cybersecurity and intelligence firm Resecurity that mentioned that "on October 9, a threat actor going by the alias ‘pwn0001’ posted a thread on Breach Forums brokering access to 815 million 'Indian Citizen Aadhaar and Passport' records".

Posts On X With Misinformation Ineligible For Ad Revenue Share

Posts on X, formerly Twitter, which are corrected by users via Community Notes will become ineligible for ad revenue share, owner and tech billionaire Elon Musk has announced. Tweaking creator monetisation, he said that any posts that are corrected by Community Notes, that empowers people on X to add notes to posts that might be misleading, “become ineligible for revenue share”.

Telegram Gets Customisable Account Colours, Text Formatting, More

Telegram, the WhatsApp rival, has been enhancing user experience by introducing new features. Its recent update brings features including quoting specific message parts, replying to various chats, text formatting, link preview adjustments, customisable account colours and more. Telegram's newest update can be downloaded on Android devices via Google Play Store or Telegram's website and iOS devices via the App Store. This update will advance Telegram for Android to version 10.1.3 and beyond. 

Dyson Purifier Cool Gen1 Air Purifier Launched

Dyson on Monday unveiled a new air purifier for Rs 39,900 in India. The new Dyson Purifier Cool Gen1 comes in white colour. Prospective buyers can get it for Rs 32,900 (with up to Rs 7,000 off) during the festive period if they make their purchase directly from Dyson.in or Dyson demo stores. The air purifier efficiently captures 99.95 per cent of pollutants as tiny as 0.1 microns utilising its HEPA H13 filter, Dyson has said. 

New LG XBOOM Premium Party Speakers Unveiled 

South Korean tech major LG Electronics has unveiled a new audio speaker series in India. Called LG XBOOM, the party speaers come with claimed enhanced battery life. The LG XBOOM includes two models -- XL7S and XL5S, which will be available at a starting price of Rs 54,990 and Rs 44,990, respectively. The LG XBOOM XL7S has a battery life of up to 20 hours, while the XL5S has a 12-hour battery life, and both speakers have an IPX4 Water Resistant rating that can withstand water splashes.