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DETAILS OF 2.90 CRORE JOB SEEKERS ON DARK NET Personal details of about 2.90 crore Indian job seekers have been found dumped on the dark net, raising concerns among cyber crime agencies and experts in india for a massive data breach. The data  leak was  uncovered  on  Friday by Cyble, Inc, an U. S. A. - based cyber intelligence firm founded by global cyber security expert Beenu Arora. On Saturday morning, Cyble posted an update on its official  blog that the names, addresses and contact numbers belonged to job / work, seekers from cities such as Mumbai, Chennai, Delhi, Hyderabad, Pune and Bengaluru . The data is available for free download in a 2.3-gigabyte compressed file, according to the blogpost. Screenshots of the leaked data, which are in (The Hindu’s) possession, mention two well-known job portals: Naukri and Times Jobs. Leaked data mentions two popular job sites The blogpost said, “This breach includes sensitive information such as email, p...

DARK NET AND DATA LEAKS A fresh instance of Indians data being leaked on the dark net has come to light, with a massive data packet - nearly 100 GB gigabytes in size — being put up for sale in the dark web market. The data comprises scanned identity documents of over 1 lakh Indians, including passports, PAN cards, Aadhar cards, voter IDs and driver’s licenses. 100 GB of Indians’ data up for sale on dark web Data comprises scanned identity documents, including passports, PAN cards, Aadhar cards, voter IDs and driver’s licenses The data was found by Cyble , a global cyber intelligence agency founded by cyber expert Beenu Arora, which has also found several other such instances in the recent past, including a massive packet of data of Indian job seekers from across the country Cyble researchers, in a post on their official blog on Tuesday night, said that they came across a relatively non-reputable threat actor offering over 1 lakh identity documents for sale. “ With such a low reputation...