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Big data startup Technisanct has disclosed a data breach in a trading platform that it operates in India.

Exploit: Hacking

Technisanct: Trading Platform

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Risk to Business: 2.801 = Moderate

Big data startup Technisanct has disclosed a data breach in a trading platform that it operates in India. Information from over 3.4 million customers was compromised. The security breach was identified by Technisanct’s digital risk monitoring tool. Researchers have reported that the pilfered data was for sale in an online platform dedicated to these kinds of transactions, and some of the information was published on June 15.

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Idividual Risk: 2.766 = Moderate

The company has disclosed that Personal Identifiable Information (PII) was exposed including name, customer ID, contact number, email ID, trade login ID, branch ID, city, and country.

Customers Impacted: 3.4 million

How it Could Affect Your Customers’ Business: PII was the second most popular category of data in dark web markets last year according to the Verizon/Ponemon DBIR 2021 report.

Source: Ciso Economictimes Indiatimes