Airtel data breach: Hacker claims to have data of 375 million users, Airtel denies report

Airtel data breach: Indian telecom giant, Bharti Airtel, has denied the report, which claims that data of its 375 million subscribers was stolen in a data breach. The company in a statement has said that the report about Airtel’s data breach is inauthentic and that the data hacker has provided no proof for his claim.

“There has been a report alleging that Airtel customer data has been compromised. This is nothing short of a desperate attempt to tarnish Airtel’s reputation by vested interests. We have done a thorough investigation and can confirm that there has been no breach whatsoever from Airtel systems,” an Airtel spokesperson said in a statement to Techlusive.

Airtel data breach: What the report claims?

A report by a cyber security firm FalconFeeds.io claims that a malicious hacker, who goes by the name ‘xenZen’ on the internet has listed an Airtel database for sale on BreachForums, which is a platform where all the hacked data and other related services are sold. The database reportedly contains information of 375 million Airtel customers and the data included in the list includes information such as name, mobile number, date of birth of the customer, father’s name, address, email ID, gender, nationality, Aadhaar details, photo ID proof-related details, and address proof related details among other things.

The cyber security firm has also shared a screenshot of the page on BreachForums where all the data has been shared. Take a peek of the company’s post here:

🚨 Data breach of Airtel 🚨

A threat actor, identified as ‘xenZen’ has listed the Airtel database for sale on BreachForums. The listing includes data from 375 million customers.

Details of the Data:

– Mobile number
– Name
– Date of birth
– Father’s name
– Address
– Email ID
-… pic.twitter.com/bGOxdgnDLO

— FalconFeeds.io (@FalconFeedsio) July 3, 2024

Airtel has rebuffed the claims saying that the hacker has not been able to provide any proof for his claim and is using this wrongly to tarnish brand image.

There has been a report alleging that Airtel customer data has been compromised. This is nothing short of a desperate attempt to tarnish Airtel’s reputation by vested interests. We have done a thorough investigation and can confirm that there has been no breach whatsoever from… pic.twitter.com/1b2vs2ud4I

— Bharti Airtel (@airtelnews) July 5, 2024

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