BHIM Website Data Breach Compromises Details Of Over 7 Mn Indians
BHIM Website Data Breach Exposes Personal Details Of 7 Mn Indians

BHIM Website Data Breach Exposes Personal Details Of 7 Mn Indians

SUMMARY

Personal data of more than 7.26 Mn users were exposed in the data breach

Israeli cybersecurity platform vpnMentor alerted CERT-in on April 28

NPCI has denied the data breach claim

National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) developed payments platform BHIM has suffered a data breach which has compromised personal data of more than 7.26 Mn users in India. The data break took place on BHIM’s website and not the application itself, according to a report by Israeli cybersecurity platform vpnMentor.

vpnMentor said that the database, which was found on the web unprotected, had users’ personal details including Aadhaar card details, caste certificates, residence proof, bank records, professional records, certificates, PAN card details, along with financial proofs such as screenshots taken within financial and banking apps.

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