Breaking Airtel reportedly had a massive data breach of 375 million customers

[Bapun]

Details of the data include:

- Mobile number
- Name
- Date of birth
- Father's name
- Address
- Email ID
- Gender
- Nationality
- Aadhar
- Photo ID proof details
- Address proof details, etc.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1808771533478797671

 

[Abhinav]

Privacy does not exist in India

 

[Mani vanniyar]

Privacy does not exist in India

It does not exist anywhere even so called google, microsoft, apple have suffered data breaches. Privacy is a myth

 

[Abhinav]

It does not exist anywhere even so called google, microsoft, apple have suffered data breaches. Privacy is a myth

But they are held accountable and imposed with heavy fines, the laws of EU set a standard for protection of people over companies. Will Airtel be held accountable?

 

[iDJ]

But they are held accountable and imposed with heavy fines, the laws of EU set a standard for protection of people over companies. Will Airtel be held accountable?

That depends on whether government can set up something similar to electoral bonds.

 

[thisisjagan]

But they are held accountable and imposed with heavy fines, the laws of EU set a standard for protection of people over companies. Will Airtel be held accountable?

Aadhar itself was breached if I recall correctly. That is even more sensitive. The govt instead of accepting and improving the security, they simply denied.

 

[Bapun]

Sunil MIttal-led Bharti Airtel has denied any breach or compromise of its security system amid reports of an alleged data leak of its customers, saying the allegation is just an attempt by vested interests to tarnish the telco’s brand.

Bharti says data leak allegation false, an attempt to tarnish Airtel brand

Unverified reports had suggested details of as many as 375 million Airtel subscribers, including their phone numbers, email addresses and Aadhaar numbers were allegedly available for sale on the dark web.

economictimes.indiatimes.com

 

[Bapun]

 

[Kuttusan]

Now I am getting so many scam calls maybe this is the reason

 

[Anup Tiwari]

Now I am getting so many scam calls maybe this is the reason

Same here