Airtel India claims it did not suffer a data breach and there are inaccuracies in claims made by the hackers.
A group of hackers going by the online handle of “Red Rabbit Team” is claiming to steal personal and sensitive data belonging to Airtel India or Bharti Airtel, a popular Indian multinational telecommunications services company.
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Apparently, hackers are now selling Airtel India’s database for $3500 in BTC and as proof, details of 2.5 million customers have already been leaked on a website operated by the group on the dark web. This was revealed to Hackread.com by Indian cybersecurity researcher Rajshekhar Rajaharia earlier today.
What data has been leaked?
As seen by Hackread.com, the leaked data contains the following:
City
Gender
Full names
Date of birth
Service status
Phone numbers
House numbers
Aadhaar numbers
Passport numbers
Voter ID number
Father/Husband name
IMSI (International mobile subscriber identity) numbers.
Hackers claim to upload shell on Airtel’s server
The Red Rabbit Team has shared a screenshot in which the hackers can be seen uploading shell on one of Airtel’s servers.
Shell, in this case, is a malicious script that allows attackers to control the targeted server – essentially a backdoor program, similar in functionality to a trojan for PCs.
Shell allegedly uploaded by hackers
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According to Rajaharia, Airtel was aware of the issue for at least 3 months as the Red Rabbit Team released a hackers millions airtel india aadhaar numbers
