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Detailed stories on technology startups, business and economic current affairs.
Detailed stories on technology startups, business and economic current affairs.
Turns out the recent hack at the grocery delivery startup is just the latest in a string of bizarre events that do little to dim its appeal for investors.
If ever there is a contest for the most bizarre turn of events in a startup, what happened at grocery delivery firm KiranaPro should be a top contender. Earlier this week, TechCrunch reported that the Bengaluru-based KiranaPro had been hacked. The incident took place around 24-25 May and all data, including the company’s app code and its servers containing sensitive customer information, was erased.
It seems that isn’t what happened. A former employee actually deleted everything.
On Thursday, the company’s co-founder and CEO, Deepak Ravindran, revealed the identity of the person behind it—a former employee named Lavakumar Y.
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India’s grocery and food delivery platforms are increasingly displaying misleading images of food using artificial intelligence, defeating the very purpose of buying online.
