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Airtel Denies Data Breach Allegations, Calls Accusations 'Desperate Attempt to Tarnish Reputation'
Published : Jul 5, 2024, 4:58 pm IST
Updated : Jul 5, 2024, 4:58 pm IST
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Airtel Denies Data Breach Allegations, Calls Accusations 'Desperate Attempt to Tarnish Reputation'
Airtel Denies Data Breach Allegations, Calls Accusations 'Desperate Attempt to Tarnish Reputation'

Dark Web Informer has posted screenshots from a community called BreachForums.

Airtel Data Breach News: Airtel India has strongly denied claims of a data breach, which alleged that the data of 375 million Airtel India users was put up for sale on the dark web. According to Dark Web Informer on X (formerly Twitter), an unauthentic data hacker named xenZen is allegedly selling data belonging to Airtel India customers.

What was the Alleged Data Breach?

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The alleged data breach included 375 million customer details updated until June 2024. The breach claimed to have occurred in June 2024, includes data fields such as mobile number, name, date of birth, father's name, local address, permanent address, alternate number, email ID, gender, nationality, connection type, SIM activation date, Aadhaar, photo ID proof details, and address proof details. This data, belonging to Airtel India customers, is being sold for USD 50,000 in XMR.

Dark Web Informer posted screenshots from a community called BreachForums, where an account has posted about the sale of the latest Airtel India customer database. Incidentally, the seller also claimed to be behind the recent Indian Ministry of External Affairs data leak.

Here's What Airtel India's Said

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Airtel India stated that there was a report alleging that Airtel customer data was compromised. The company said that it was nothing short of a desperate attempt to tarnish Airtel’s reputation by vested interests. They said, "We have done a thorough investigation and can confirm that there has been no breach whatsoever from Airtel systems." 

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