According to a report, records have been made public for 28 crore account holders of EPFO. Check the list if you have not become a victim of it.
Ukraine’s cyber security researcher Bob Diachenko has claimed in the report that the records of 28,04,72,941 account holders were made public in one IP address, while the records of 83,90,524 account holders were leaked in another IP address. has been done.
If you are also associated with Employees’ Provident Fund Organization (EPFO), then there is big news for you. A report has claimed that the data of about 28 crore PF account holders has been leaked online. These include details from Aadhaar to bank account.
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Data leak on two type IP addresses
Ukraine’s cyber security researcher Bob Diachenko has given this big claim, which is very shocking to PF account holders. In the report released in this regard, it was told that on August 2, Diachenko discovered that the data of PF account holders had been leaked in early August under two different IP addresses. Where records of 28,04,72,941 account holders in one IP address were made public, while records of 83,90,524 account holders in another IP address have been leaked.
Read… From UAN number to these details
The data of the account holders of Employees’ Provident Fund Organization (EPFO) was made public online. In this, the Universal Account Number (UAN), name, Aadhaar details, bank account number and even the details of the nominee were shared. According to the report, the researcher revealed that both the IP addresses were Azure-hosted and India-based. He said that after reviewing the leaked data online, I realized that I had seen something big and urgent.
Researcher gave this information
According to the report, Diachenko claimed that as soon as the data of the PF account of such a large number of Indians was confirmed, the researcher tagged the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team in a tweet and informed about the data leak. CERT-In responded to his tweet and asked him to report the hack in an email.
Data missing from IP address
The details were removed from both the IP addresses within 12 hours of Diachenko’s tweet. The Ukrainian researcher said that the addresses of both IP addresses have now been removed and no data exists. The report quoted Diachenko as saying that till August 3, no response had been received from any agency or company regarding this data.
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