INDIA Hyderabad, record theft of more than 660 million personal data

India’s Hi-Tech District Police have arrested a man for possessing and reselling a record amount of personal and organizational profile information. They had been illegally downloaded from popular apps.

Hyderabad ( / Agencies) – Police in Cyberabad – the high-tech district of the Indian city of Hyderabad – have arrested a person accused of stealing, possessing and selling data from no less than 669 million personal and organizational accounts. This is one of the largest data breaches ever recorded in India.

According to the police, Vinay Bhardwaj was found in possession of data from students who had registered on Indian education-related apps such as Byjus and Vedantu, as well as customers of popular services such as Amazon, Netflix and YouTuibe, major e-commerce portals. , social media platforms and fintech companies.

Police seized two mobile phones and two laptops from him. In the devices, the stolen data had been cataloged in 135 different categories that contained sensitive information from governments, private organizations and individuals.

The defendant operated through a Haryana website and sold its databases to clients through cloud links.