Payment app MobiKwik denies customer data was stolen from it, has no idea how the info ended up on the dark web

Payment app MobiKwik denies customer data was stolen from it, has no idea how the info ended up on the dark web

Indian payment app maker MobiKwik has denied its security has been breached, and said it it's true, as has been claimed, that its customers' information has appeared on the dark web, then some other platform was responsible for that.


"Some users have reported that their data is visible on the dark web," reads a message from the company, dated March 30.

“While we are investigating this, it is entirely possible that any user could have uploaded her or his information on multiple platforms. Hence, it is incorrect to suggest that the data available on the dark web has been accessed from MobiKwik or any identified source.”


Claims that customer data had been siphoned from MobiKwik's systems by a miscreant emerged in early March in a tweet from security researcher Rajshekhar Rajaharia:



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