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Thai police are investing a hacker who threatened to release data stolen in an alleged security breach affecting 55 million Thais, according to Thailand’s Digital Economy and Society (DES) Minister Chaiwut Thanakamanusorn.

Apart from data pertaining to students of Byjus and Vedantu organisations, the accused was found to be in possession of data related to 1.84 lakh cab users spread across eight metro cities, data of 4.5 lakh salaried employees in six cities and Gujarat state. 📰 Data Theft Racket Busted in Telangana by Cyberabad Police, One Arrested for Selling Private Date of 67 Crore People and Organisations.

Apart from PhonePe, sensitive information about students enrolled with Byjus and Vedantu, users of financial apps such as Paytm, and CRED; and users of Amazon, Netflix, YouTube, Instagram and Zomato were also found to have been sold by the person arrested by Cyberabad Police

Approximately 50% of ransomware attacks and breaches fielded by the Unit 42™ Incident Response team result from a common culprit: attack surface exposures.

One person was arrested in a major data theft bust by Cyberabad Police. The accused was found selling confidential data of about 66.9 crore individuals and organisations across 64 states and 8 metropolitan cities. -- aaa

The Cyberabad Police arrested a person who was allegedly involved in stealing, holding and selling of personal and confidential data of 66.9 crore individuals and organisations belonging to 24 states and eight metropolitan cities.

Some of the important data held by the accused includes the data of defence personnel, government employees, PAN card holders, data of 9th, 10th, 11 & 12th standard students, senior citizens

The accused was operating through a website called “Inspire Webz” in Faridabad, Haryana, and was selling the data to clients through cloud drive links

A person involved in the illegal acquisition and sale of personal and confidential data of 66.9 crore people & organisations in 104 categories across 24 states and 8 metropolitan cities was arrested by the Cyberabad police after they busted one of the biggest ever data theft cases. The accused, identified as Vinay Bhardwaj, established an office in Faridabad and collected data from Amer Sohail

The Cyberabad Police on Saturday said they arrested a person who was allegedly involved in stealing, holding and selling of personal and confidential data of 66.9 crore individuals and organisations belonging to 24 states and eight metropolitan cities.