New Delhi: Leaking of people’s data from social media apps is not a new thing. The news of data theft keeps coming to the fore. Meanwhile, information about the country’s biggest data leak has come to the fore. According to cyber police, data of about 16.8 crore accounts of government and non-government organizations has been stolen in this data leak. It also includes the data of 2.55 lakh army officers. The accused has sold the stolen data to 100 cyber thugs. At present, the police have also arrested 7 people in this case. This entire gang has been arrested by the Cyberabad police of Telangana.
According to the police, the arrested accused were selling data in 140 different categories. This includes people’s phone numbers, personal information of NEET students, etc. Cyberabad Police Commissioner M Stephen Ravindra told that seven data brokers have been arrested from Delhi in this case. All the accused were collecting data through a call center in Noida. The accused have also confessed that these stolen data have also been sold to 100 cyber thugs.
Data sold for Rs 2,000
The data of army personnel includes their current rank, e-mail ID, place of posting, etc. This data can be used for army espionage. According to the police report, the accused sold the data of 50,000 people for just Rs 2,000.
Got details of two crore students
Police said that 12 million WhatsApp users and 1.7 million Facebook users were also targeted in the data theft. Police has also got details of two crore students, 12 lakh CBSE Class 12 students, 40 lakh job seekers, 1.47 crore car owners, 11 lakh government employees and 15 lakh IT professionals.
Mobile numbers of three crore people found
Cyberabad Police Commissioner (Crime) Kalmeshwar Shingenavar has said in the case that a mobile number database of three crore people was also found, which was probably leaked from telecom service providers. The leaked sensitive data can be used to give unauthorized access to critical organizations and institutions. He said that data related to PAN card can be used to commit serious financial crimes.
