JustDial

Incident exposed personal account details of over 156 Mn users

The bug was fixed within a day from its discovery

Cybersecurity researcher, Ehraz Ahmed was the first to report the bug

Justdial started as a hyperlocal search engine in 1996

The public company has recorded an operating revenue of INR 2.3K Mn

Number of quarterly unique visitors for Justdial application stood at 139.1 Mn users

Earlier this month, a Justdial database loophole exposed details of its over 100 Mn users

However, a second loophole surfaced in the company’s reviewers database

The company has 134 Mn unique quarterly users overall

Justdial has violated the Trade Mark Act as well as the Copyright Act, claims PVR

The case will now be heard on May 27

Agreement between PVR and Justdial terminated on August 15, 2018

Justdial’s user data has been stored in an unsecured manner since 2015

Independent security researcher Rajshekhar Rajaharia discovered the loophole

Justdial says the issues is now fixed, but Rajaharia disputes this claim in latest response

Just Dial recorded a net profit of $5.5 Mn (INR 38.5 Cr) in Q1 FY19, up 1% YoY and down 1.1% QoQ

The company's total operating revenue stood at $30.2 Mn (INR 211.4 Cr), up 11.3% YoY and 5.5% QoQ

Its board of directors has approved buyback of shares worth $31.5 Mn (INR 220 Cr)

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