Personal data including Aadhar card numbers of around 26 lakh Airtel subscribers leaked online through a website.
Personal data including Aadhar card numbers of around 26 lakh Airtel subscribers leaked online through a website.
“Hackers have claimed that they have access to pan-India data of Airtel subscribers and they only uploaded a sample of subscribers data from Jammu and Kashmir.”
“It may be possible that the hacker may have uploaded a shell (malicious software code) in Airtel servers. During the Covid-19 peak period, several companies could not focus on security and their data was breached, ” said Rajaharia.
According to the screenshots and video shared by Rajaharia, the leaked information includes the following:
- Telephone number
- Address
- City
- Aadhaar card number
- Gender details
According to the report, the hacker had access to the data and wanted to sell them but could not succeed. Hence he released the data on the internet.
The hackers known by the name Red Rabbit Team uploaded Airtel user data in January and aimed to `extort money’ from the telecom giant.
The hacker group has demanded $3,500 (approx. Rs 2,55,24, based on the latest Rupee- USD exchange value) in Bitcoin cryptocurrency.
“In this specific case, we confirm that there is no data breach at our end. The claims made by this group reveal glaring inaccuracies, and a large percentage of the data records do not even belong to Airtel. We have already apprised the relevant authorities about the matter, ” said the company.
Airtel reported that it takes great pride in deploying various measures to safeguard the privacy of its customers.
Airtel denied any data breach in its server and has flagged the report to relevant government authorities to conduct the cyber investigation.
“All tech companies should start hiring in Cyber Security. They should regularly monitor their systems. And if any data breach happens, they should accept it honestly. These days everyone denies it in India, ” Rajshekhar Rajaharia reported to DH.
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