Hacker claims theft and sale of personal data of 815 million Indians
A hacker claimed to have stolen the personal data of 815 million Indians and sold the data. The source of the data and the actual extent of the damage have not been confirmed.
Key facts
- Affected organisation
- Being confirmed
- Incident type
- Data breach
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Not confirmed
- Cause / method
- Not confirmed
- Location
- India
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Timeline
- Claims emerged that data said to be the personal information of 815 million Indians was being sold, though its source and scale were not confirmed.
- A hacking group claimed to have stolen the personal information of 815 million people.
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