Security breach: Big cyber attack on Cleartrip, your personal data being sold on dark web.
There has been a major cyber attack on Flipkart-owned company Cleartrip. According to the report, there has been a cyber attack on Cleartrip’s system, after which millions of users’ personals are being sold on the dark web. Cleartrip has confirmed this data leak and informed its customers through e-mail.
In an email to customers, Cleartrip said, “You are informed that a security breach has occurred and hackers have gained access to Cleartrip’s internal systems.” The company has said in the email that only the profile information of the users has been leaked in this data leak.
Cleartrip has denied leaking personal data of any users. The company has said that it will take legal action against the hacker. The company has advised users to reset the password as a precautionary measure. Security researcher Sunny Nehra has given information about this data leak of Cleartrip. The leaked data was also listed on the dark web in June, that is, this cyber attack has happened long ago.
According to Sunny Nehra, hackers are also selling this data through the dark web, although no information has been received about the price at the moment. According to Nehra, it seems that the hacker has got all the data of Cleartrip. Let us tell you that earlier in 2017 also there was a cyber attack on Cleartrip.
According to Nehra’s tweet, the leaked data contains complete information from the complete information of the customers to the earnings of the company. The leaked data also contains the GST files. In such a situation, a big question arises on the security of the company.