Data of 25 lakh Airtel customers in Jammu and Kashmir allegedly leaked; telco claims no breach in server – Latest News
Rajaharia additionally shared a video of an electronic mail dialog between Bharti Airtel and the hackers with the identify of ‘Crimson Rabbit Crew’.
The video reveals that the hackers knowledgeable Bharti Airtel in regards to the breach in December and demanded cash.
“Hackers have claimed that they’ve entry to pan-India information of Airtel subscribers they usually solely uploaded a pattern of subscribers information from Jammu and Kashmir.
“It might be doable that the hacker could have uploaded a shell (malicious software program code) in Airtel servers. Through the Covid-19 peak interval a number of corporations couldn’t deal with safety and their information was breached,” Rajaharia mentioned.
The hackers additionally uploaded the subscriber information on an internet site, nevertheless it was not accessible later.
When contacted, a Bharti Airtel spokesperson denied any breach of the corporate’s servers.
“Airtel takes nice pleasure in deploying varied measures to safeguard the privateness of its clients. On this particular case, we verify that there isn’t a data breach at our finish.
“In truth, the claims made by this group reveal obtrusive inaccuracies and a big proportion of the information data don’t even belong to Airtel. We’ve got already apprised the related authorities of the matter,” the spokesperson mentioned.
