29.1 million personal data of Indian job seekers were leaked to the darknet for free. Data includes a lot of personal data, which contains most of the information: usually static, such as education, address, etc.
New Delhi: Cybercriminals posted the identity of 29 million Indian job seekers on the darknet for free in one of the hacker forums.
The company recently disclosed information about the hacking of Facebook and the Indian education company Unacademy.
29.1 million personal data of Indian job seekers were leaked to darknet for free. We usually see such leaks all the time, but this time we paid attention to the message header, as it included a lot of personal data – where most of the things are usually static, such as education, address, etc.
The cyber intelligence firm said the infringement included confidential information such as email, phone, home address, qualifications, work experience, etc.
Cybercriminals are always looking for such personal information to carry out various nefarious activities such as identity theft, fraud, corporate espionage, etc.