Personal data of 29 million Indians leaked on dark web

If you are also looking for a job on the Internet, then this news is definitely of your work. Personal data of 2.9 crore Indians have been leaked on the dark web for free. From where anyone can download it.

Working on the Internet is as simple as it is dangerous. People using the Internet are always at risk of cybercrime. If you are also looking for a job on the Internet, then this news is definitely of your work. On Saturday, an online intelligence firm revealed a major cybercrime, in which personal data of 29 million Indians has been leaked on the dark web for free. From where anyone can access or download it.

The firm named cyble wrote in a blog post- 'Personal data of 2.9 crore Indians who found jobs were leaked in DeepWeb for free. We usually see such leaks always, but this time, the message header caught our attention because there is a lot of personal data where important information like education and address are also included.


The firm recently revealed about the hacking of Facebook and Sequoia-funded Indian education technology firm Unacademy. This breech includes sensitive information like email, phone number, home address, educational qualification, work experience, etc.

The blog post shared a screenshot of a file 2.3 GB large that was posted on a hacking forum. It is further stated in the blog- 'It seems that this donation has come from the Resume Aggregator, which has a lot of detailed information. We will update this article on getting new information.

Folders of the names of some of India's major job websites also appeared on screenshots posted by cyble, but the company is independently investigating the source of the leak. Cybercriminals use this personal information in various criminal activities such as theft, scams, and corporate espionage.

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