Cybersecurity
Alibaba-Backed Bigbasket Suffers Major Data Loss in Cyberattack
- Attackers offer to sell data on millions of users on dark web
- Cybercrimes on the rise as Covid forces people to shop online
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Cyberattackers have stolen the personal details of million users of top Indian internet grocer Bigbasket, the latest e-commerce data breach to emerge as home-bound consumers flock online.
Bigbasket co-founder and chief executive officer Hari Menon confirmed the attack, which was first reported by U.S. cybersecurity researcher Cyble Inc. The stolen data, which includes sensitive information including email IDs, mobile phone numbers and full addresses, has been put up for sale on the dark web for more than $40,000, the Atlanta-based outfit said in a blogpost.