Iranians, unfortunately, have been hit hard by Coronavirus and the last thing they would like to have is getting their privacy breached. However, it has happened and an individual is selling personal details of 42 million Iranians on a prominent hacking forum.
What happened:
Earlier today, researchers at Comparitech identified a misconfigured database hosted on an Elasticsearch server. After analyzing, it was revealed that the database contained a treasure trove of data belonging to 42 million Iranian citizens.
According to a blog post by researchers, the database was originally uploaded by a group of Iranian hackers going by the online handle of “Samana Shikar” meaning “Hunting system” in English.
Initially, it was established that the data was scrapped by Telegram since it included user account IDs, usernames, hashes, secret keys, and phone numbers. However, now HackRead.com has learned that the data was scrapped from HotGram and Talagram, two Telegram alternatives used in Iran.
Screenshot of the leaked data
On the other hand, Telegram has also confirmed to Comparitech that the database came from an unaffiliated app. It is noteworthy that Telegram is an open source app allowing anyone to create their own versions of it. This helps Iranians use Telegram even when it is blocked due to online censorship in the country.
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