#FactCheck:AI-generated video falsely shared as thief evading police in Indore
Executive Summary
A video is being shared on social media with the claim that a thief in Indore, Madhya Pradesh, performed dangerous stunts to evade the police. In the viral video, several police personnel can be seen chasing a man. The man appears to dodge vehicles on the road to escape the police and then climbs onto the roof of a moving bus. He later jumps from the bus and climbs onto a roadside hoarding. The video is being shared with the claim that a clever thief gave the police a tough time in Indore. Research by CyberPeace Research Wing found that the video is AI-generated and is being shared with a misleading claim.
Claim:
A high-voltage, filmy-style chase between police and a clever thief took place in a busy market in Indore. The police later surrounded the accused and detained him. Archive of the post can be seen here. Similar posts can be seen here and here.
https://www.facebook.com/reel/1356598853312128
Fact Check:
To verify the claim, we conducted a reverse image search of keyframes from the viral video using Google Lens. During the search, we found the same video posted on August 8 on the X account of a user named Rahul Nanda. The post stated that the video had been created using AI.
https://x.com/rahulnanda86/status/2086001127762657614
We then analysed the viral video using the AI detection tool Hive Moderation. The tool gave the video a 99.8 per cent score for being potentially AI-generated.
As part of the research, we also checked the video using another AI detection tool, Deepfake-O-Meter. Six different detectors on the tool indicated a high probability that the video was AI-generated.
Conclusion
The evidence gathered during our research establishes that the viral video claiming to show a thief evading police in Indore is AI-generated. Therefore, the claim is misleading.
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Introduction
The recent cyber-attack on Jaguar Land Rover (JLR), one of the world's best-known car makers, has revealed extensive weaknesses in the interlinked character of international supply chains. The incident highlights the increasing cybersecurity issues of industries going through digital transformation. With its production stopped in several UK factories, supply chain disruptions, and service delays to its customers worldwide, this cyber-attack shows how cyber events can ripple into operation, finance, and reputation risks for large businesses.
The Anatomy of a Breakdown
Jaguar Land Rover, a Tata Motors subsidiary, was forced to disable its IT infrastructure because of a cyber-attack over the weekend. This shut down was already an emergency shut down to mitigate damage and the disruption to business was serious.
- No Production - The car plants at Halewood (Merseyside) and Solihull (West Midlands) and the engine plant (Wolverhampton) were all completely shut down.
- Sales and Distribution: Car sales were significantly impaired during a high-volume registration period in September, although certain transactions still passed through manual procedures.
- Global Effect: The breakdown did not reach only the UK, dealers and fix experts across the world, including in Australia, suffered with inaccessible parts databases.
JLR called the recovery process "extremely complex" as it involved a controlled recovery of systems and implementing alternative workarounds for offline services. The overall effects include the immediate and massive impact to their suppliers and customers, and has raised larger questions regarding the sustainability of digital ecosystems in the automobile value chain.
The Human Impact: Beyond JLR's Factories
The implications of the cyber-attack have extended beyond the production lines of JLR:
- Independent Garages: Repair centres such as Nyewood Express of West Sussex indicated that they could not use vital parts databases, which brought repair activities to a standstill and left clients waiting indefinitely.
- Global Dealers: Land Rover experts as distant as Tasmania indicated total system crashes, highlighting global dependency on centralized IT systems.
- Customer Frustration: Regular customers in need of urgent repairs were stranded by the inability to order replacement parts from original manufacturers.
This attack is an example of the cascading effect of cyber disruptions among interconnected industries, a single point of failure paralyzing complete ecosystems.
The Culprit: The Hacker Collective
The hack is justifiably claimed by a so-called hacker collective "Scattered Lapsus$ Hunters." The so-called hacking collective says that it consists of young English-speaking hackers and has previously targeted blue-chip brands like Marks & Spencer. While the attackers seem not to have publicly declared whether they exfiltrated sensitive information or deployed ransomware, they went ahead and posted screenshots of internal JLR documents-the kind of documents that probably are not supposed to see the light of day, including troubleshooting guides and system logs-implicating what can only be described as grossly unauthorized access into some of Jaguar Land Rover's core IT systems.
Jaguar Land Rover had gone on record to claim with no apropos proof or evidence that it probably did not see anyone getting into customer data; however, the very occurrence of this attack raises some very serious questions on insider threats, social engineering concepts, and how efficient cybersecurity governance architectures really are.
Cybersecurity Weaknesses and Lessons Learned
The JLR attack depicts some of the common weaknesses associated with large-scale manufacturing organizations:
- Centralized IT Dependencies: Today's auto firms are based on worldwide IT systems for operations, logistics, and customer care. Compromise can lead to broad outages.
- Supply Chain Vulnerabilities: Tier-2 and Tier-1 suppliers use OEM systems for placing and tracing components. Interrupting at the OEM level automatically stops their processes.
- Inadequate Incident Visibility: Several suppliers complained about no clear information from JLR, which increased uncertainty and financial loss.
- Rise of Youth Hacking Groups: Involvement of youth hacker groups highlight the necessity for active monitoring and community-level cybersecurity awareness initiatives.
Broader Industry Context
With ever-increasing cyber-attacks on the automotive industry, an area currently being rapidly digitalised through connected cars, IoT-based factories, and cloud-based operations, this series of incidents falls within such a context. In 2023, JLR awarded an £800 million contract to Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) for services in support of the company's digital transformation and cybersecurity enhancement. This attack shows that, no matter how much is spent, poorly conceptualised security programs can never stand up to ever-changing cyber threats.
What Can Organizations Do? – Cyberpeace Recommendations
To contain risks and develop a resilience against such events, organizations need to implement a multi-layered approach to cybersecurity:
- Adopt Zero Trust Architecture - Presume breach as the new normal. Verify each user, device, and application before access is given, even inside the internal network.
- Enhance Supply Chain Security - Perform targeted assessments on a routine basis to identify risk factors in diminishing suppliers. Include rigorous cybersecurity provisions in the agreements with suppliers, namely disclosure of vulnerabilities and the agreed period for incident response.
- Durable Backups and Their Restoration - Backward hampers are kept isolated and encrypted to continue operations in case of ransomware incidents or any other occur in system compromise.
- Periodic Red Team Exercises - Simulate cyber-attacks on IT and OT systems to examine if vulnerabilities exist and evaluate current incident response measures.
- Employee Training and Insider Threat Monitoring - Social engineering being the forefront of attack vectors, continuous training and behavioural monitoring will have to be done to avoid credential disposal.
- Public-Private Partnership - Interact with several government agencies and cybersecurity groups for sharing threat intelligence and enforcing best practices complementary to ISO/IEC 27001 and NIST Cybersecurity Framework.
Conclusion
The hacking at Jaguar Land Rover is perhaps one of a thousand reminders that cybersecurity can no longer be seen as a back-office job but rather as an issue of business continuity at the very core of the organization. In the process of digital transformation, the attack surface grows, making the entities targeted by cybercriminals. Operation security demands that cybersecurity be ensured on a proactive basis through resilient supply chains and stakeholders working together. The JLR attack is not an isolated event; it is a warning for the entire automobile sector to maintain security at every level of digitalization.
References
- https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1jzl1lw4y1o
- https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/sep/07/disruption-to-jaguar-land-rover-after-cyber-attack-may-last-until-october
- https://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/jaguar-factory-workers-told-stay-073458122.html
Executive Summary
Following the tragic cruise accident at Bargi Dam in Jabalpur, a heartbreaking image of a woman lying unconscious in a river with a child resting on top of her has gone viral on social media. Users are claiming that the picture shows victims of the recent Bargi Dam accident. Research by CyberPeace Research Wing found that the viral claim is false. The circulating image was created using AI (Artificial Intelligence) and is now being misleadingly linked to the real tragedy. However, reports indicate that a similar real-life image of a mother and child did emerge after the accident.
Claim
An X user shared the viral image on May 1, 2026, claiming that despite wearing a life jacket, the mother lost her life while trying to save her child. The emotional post praised mothers’ sacrifice and linked the image directly to the Bargi Dam cruise mishap An X user shared the viral image on May 1, 2026, claiming that despite wearing a life jacket, the mother lost her life while trying to save her child. The emotional post praised mothers’ sacrifice and linked the image directly to the Bargi Dam cruise mishap
Fact Check
To verify the claim, we searched relevant keywords on Google but found no credible news reports connecting the viral image to the Bargi Dam accident. A closer examination of the image revealed multiple visual inconsistencies. The hands of the woman and child appear unnaturally merged at one point, while the woman’s eyebrows seem split into two sections. Such distortions are common indicators of AI-generated imagery.
We then analyzed the picture using AI detection tool Hive Moderation, which estimated nearly a 90% probability that the image was AI-generated.
During the research , we also found a clarification post from the official Facebook account of the Jabalpur District Collector, who stated that the viral image was AI-generated or sourced elsewhere and had no connection with the Bargi cruise accident.
According to a report published by NDTV on May 2, 2026, the accident occurred on April 30 near Khamaria Island when an overloaded tourist cruise capsized amid strong winds, heavy rain, and rising waves. At least nine people died, while 28 others were rescued.
Conclusion
Our research confirms that the viral mother-child image being linked to the Bargi Dam tragedy is fake. The picture was created using AI and falsely circulated in connection with the real cruise accident.
Executive Summary
Social media and some news media platforms are sharing a video claiming that a bridge in Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand, collapsed under the weight of an overloaded truck. The video shows a truck carrying a Poklane machine crossing the bridge. As the bridge comes under heavy pressure, it breaks apart and collapses. Some social media users are sharing the video as a recent incident. CyberPeace Research found that the viral claim is false. The video of an incident from 2020 is being shared to spread misinformation. The Pithoragarh administration has also refuted the viral claim.
Claim:
On October 23, 2026, the Facebook page ‘ibc24.in’ shared a video claiming, “A bridge in Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand, collapsed as soon as an overloaded truck crossed it.”
https://www.facebook.com/IBC24News/posts/1147810721093030/
Fact Check:
To verify the authenticity of the viral video, we first extracted several keyframes from it. During our research, we found the video on India TV’s website, where it was published on June 23, 2020.
https://www.indiatvnews.com/news/india/video-bailey-bridge-collapse-india-china-border-uttarakhand-628661?fbclid=IwY2xjawVMDC9leHRuA2FlbQIxMQBwZG9mBWJyaWQRMXIzWnJrYmxtdFBtWE5JQzRzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEeQNZNUdAfVUAnd0u0wdKgvNdb9iJ0eg_11GGze7i1fxcZKrDmcI4jo1r_JTo_aem_81T2IfyW21S2h1FzzwVoyQ
According to India TV’s report, a bridge in Uttarakhand collapsed while a truck carrying an excavator was crossing it. The bridge was built in 2009 and was 40 feet long. As the next step in our research, we found a report published on Amar Ujala’s website on June 22, 2020, carrying similar details about the incident.
https://www.amarujala.com/photo-gallery/dehradun/bridge-broken-on-road-which-connects-india-to-china-see-horrific-visuals
As part of our further research, we checked the X account of Pithoragarh Police Uttarakhand (@PithoragarhPol), where we found a clarification regarding the viral video. On October 22, 2026, Pithoragarh Police refuted the claim, stating that reports circulating on social media about a Bailey bridge near Dhapa Bend in Munsiyari breaking in the middle were fake and misleading.
Conclusion:
Our research found that the viral claim is false. A video of an incident from 2020 is being shared to spread misinformation. The Pithoragarh administration has also refuted the viral claim.
