Data from many users who use the networks of Indian telecom companies like Jio, Airtel, and Vodafone-Idea has been leaked.
A report says that information from a total of 750 million, which is more than 75 crore users, has been leaked.
After this happened, the Department of Telecommunications in the Government of India has told all telecom companies in the country to check their security through an audit.
Data of more than 75 crore users leaked
According to a report from an Indian cybersecurity company called CloudSEK, hackers are selling 1.8 terabytes of data on the dark web.
This data includes personal information of Indian telecom users. The leaked information has important details about regular users, like their name, phone number, and address.
Additionally, there are reports of Aadhaar card data being leaked. CloudSEK warns that this breach is a serious threat to people and organizations from cyberattacks.
As per The Economic Times, phone companies told the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) that the leaked information consists of old data from different telecom users.
The companies informed the Government of India’s Department of Telecommunications that this data leak didn’t occur because of any technical problem in the phone companies’ systems.
Sparsh Kulshrestha, a researcher from CloudSEK, says the leaked data is real.
The phone numbers and Aadhaar card details connected to them are confirmed to be correct.
Information from over 75 crore users, which is 750 million, is being sold on the dark web for only $3000.
What harm will happen from data leak?
With this information, bad people can do online attacks on regular people. This could mean taking their identity, using it to trick them or their friends.
It might also harm their good image, and there’s a risk of money scams. Right now, they are looking into how much trouble this big data leak can cause.
Jio, Airtel, Vi, and other phone companies haven’t given an official response yet.
They say the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) is keeping an eye on it, but the official statement is still not out.
