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AMD to invest $400 million in India by 2028: Here’s what we know

US chipmaker Advanced Micro Devices said on Friday it will invest around $400 million in India over the next five years and will build its largest design center in the tech hub of Bengaluru. AMD’s announcement was made by its Chief Technology Officer Mark Papermaster at an annual semiconductor conference that started Friday in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s home state of Gujarat. Other speakers at the flagship event include Foxconn Chairman Young Liu and Micron CEO Sanjay Mehrotra. Despite being a late entrant, the Modi government has been courting investments into India’s nascent chip sector to establish its credentials as a chipmaking hub. AMD said it will open its new design centre campus in Bengaluru by end of this year and create 3,000 new engineering roles within five years. “Our India teams will continue to play a pivotal role in delivering the high-performance and adaptive solutions that support AMD customers worldwide,” Papermaster said. The new 500,000-square-foot (55,5...
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Mobikwik data leak: Personal data of 3.5 million users up for sale on dark web; company denies claims

As per an independent researcher Rajshekhar Rajaharia, millions of personal data of Mobikwik users have been leaked online. First reported by TechNadu website, private information of 3.5 million users has appeared for sale on the dark web. Mobikwik has denied the claims.

French ethical hacker and security researcher Robert Baptiste, who goes by the name Elliot Alderson on Twitter, also highlighted the alleged data breach.

Baptiste said in a tweet that it is “probably the largest KYC data leak in history”.

Mobikwik data leak: Here’s what happened

As per the report, the breached data includes 36,099,759 files that comprise 8.2 terabytes of data. The data is said to be offered for sale at 1.5 bitcoins (or $84,000).

The report further revealed that the breached data includes details such as email addresses, phone numbers, bank account and card details.

Check out the list of documents available on the dark web for sale:

– Total 350GB MySQL dumps – > 500 databases

– 99 million — email ID, phone, passwords, addresses, apps installed, phone manufacturer, IP address, and GPS location

– 40 million — 10 digit card, month, year, card hash

– ~7.5 TB of ~3 million Merchant KYC data – passports, Aadhar cards, pan cards, selfie, store picture proof, and more used to get loans on the mobile phone-based payment system.

Mobikwik denies data breach claims

The company has denied these claims. Mobikwik in an official statement to BGR India stated, “Some media-crazed so-called security researchers have repeatedly attempted to present concocted files wasting precious time of our organization as well as members of the media. We thoroughly investigated and did not find any security lapses. Our user and company data is completely safe and secure.”



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