Millions of Airtel Numbers and Aadhaar Details Are for Sale on the Website
Phone numbers for sale on the website containing personal information including Aadhaar card. When examining the details of the data dump, India Today Tech found that many of the numbers were Airtel numbers. This will include more than one million Airtel numbers.
Phone numbers for sale on the website containing personal information including Aadhaar card. When examining the details of the data dump, India Today Tech found that many of the numbers were Airtel numbers. This will include more than one million Airtel numbers.
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The hackers have leaked the details of more than 25 million Airtel users. At the same time, the hackers claim that they have the details of all Airtel users in India.
Internet security researcher Rajasekhar Rajahariya has revealed such a shocking information. India Today Tech has also received information from Rajasekhar Rajahari that hackers were communicating with Airtel security groups and trying to blackmail the company and extort $ 3,500 from it through bitcoins.
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The hackers reportedly sold information, including phone numbers, after a failed attempt to blackmail them.
However, the website where the user information was put up for sale is no longer available. India Today Tech understands that data may not have been leaked from Airtel's systems or servers. Instead, there are indications that it could be leaked from other government sources or possibly government agencies that access some telecom data for security purposes.
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"Airtel is proud to deploy various measures to protect the privacy of its customers. In this particular case, we confirm that there was no data leakage on our part. In fact, it is clear from the claims made by this group that a large portion of the data records are not from Airtel. That's when Airtel responded to the data leak.
India Today Tech has received evidence of a concept video showing a chat between the Red Rabbit team, a hacker group claiming to have Airtel data, and Airtel's online security team.
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The security researcher said the website that hosted the user data was removed Tuesday. However, it is not clear why the hackers removed the website.
Another Big Data Breach? A Hacker Group alleged uploaded "shell" in @airtelindia Server. Now selling all India Airtel subscribers data including Aadhaar Number. Posted 2.5 Million as sample data. (in Jan 2021)#InfoSec #DataLeak #GDPR #databreaches #dataprotection #DataPrivacyDay pic.twitter.com/uxWopfKU0M
— Rajshekhar Rajaharia (@rajaharia) February 2, 2021
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