Card data of 1 crore Indian cardholders, including personal details and KYC soft copy (PAN, Aadhaar, etc.), have been allegedly leaked from the company’s servers in India.
Mobikwik Data Leak
On Monday, payment app Mobikwik came under suspicion when a security researcher claimed that 3.5 million users’ data is being sold on the dark web. Researcher said that, this includes personal information of users. In the data leaked of 3.5 million users, KYC information, your address, phone number, Aadhaar card details and other important information are being sold.
Many users have become aware of the fact that their personal information is being viral on the Internet. The data breech was first spotted by security researcher Rajasekhar Rajgharia in February. Card data of 1 crore Indian cardholders, including personal details and KYC soft copy (PAN, Aadhaar, etc.), have been allegedly leaked from the company’s servers in India.
Card data of 1 crore Indian cardholders, including personal details and KYC soft copy (PAN, Aadhaar, etc.), have been allegedly leaked from the company’s servers in India. At the same time, it includes 6 TB KYC data and 350 GB mysql dump. The screenshot of the breech was posted on Twitter by another security researcher, known as Elliot Alderson. He described it as “the biggest KYC data leak in history”.
As per TechNadu’s report, email ID, phone number, password application install, phone manufacturer, IP address, GPS location and other details of users were leaked. The report further states that the alleged vendor has set up a dark web portal “where a person can search by phone number or email ID and get specific results out of a total of 8.2 TB of data.”
The company denied Rajasekhar’s claims in February, but on Monday, a link to the Dark Web was reportedly spotted online. Users have claimed to see their personal details on the dark web. Many users also posted screenshots of Mobikwik’s data that were for sale on the Dork web. According to reports, the data was being sold for 1.5 bitcoins or about 86,000 dollars. However, Mobikwik has categorically denied the claims made by Rajaharia.
A company spokesperson said, “Some media — so-called security researchers — have repeatedly tried to present fabricated files that waste our organization’s precious time as well as members of the media. We conducted a thorough investigation and found no security lapses. Our user and company data is completely safe and secure. “
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