A new case of a massive data breach that would have had consequences over the national security has recently been exposed by Cyberabad Police. The investigation further led to the arrest of seven individuals hailing from a gang, allegedly involved in the theft and sale of the sensitive government data and some significant organizations, including credentials of defense personnel as well as the personal and confidential data of around 168 million citizens.
The accused were discovered selling data on more than 140 distinct groups of individuals, including military personnel, bank clients, energy sector consumers, NEET students, government employees, gas agencies, high net worth individuals, and demat account holders.
Another category of victims include Bengaluru women’s consumer data, data of people who have applied for loans and insurance, credit card and debit card holders (of AXIS, HSBC and other banks), WhatsApp users, Facebook users, employees of IT companies and frequent flyers.
“When an individual calls the toll-free numbers of JustDial and asks for any sector or category related confidential data of individuals, their query is listed and sent to that category of the service provider. Then these fraudsters call those clients/ fraudsters and send them samples. If the client agrees to purchase, they make payment and provide the data. This data is further used for committing crime,” stated the commissioner.
The accused gang apparently operated via registered and unregistered organizations: Data Mart, Infotech, Global Data Arts and MS Digit
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