HDFC Bank Data Breach: HDFC Bank Denies Data Breach as 7.5GB of Customer Information Allegedly Leaked for Free on Hacker Forum
HDFC Bank Denies Data Breach as 7.5GB of Customer Information Allegedly Leaked for Free on Hacker Forum
One of the largest private sector banks in India, HDFC Bank, has allegedly fallen victim to a data breach. A user on a well known underground hacker forum has posted 7.5GB of HDFC Bank data for download.
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Authored by: Siddharth Shankar
Updated Mar 6, 2023 | 10:40 PM IST
HDFC Bank Data LEAK: Hacker leaks HDFC Bank Data from May 2022 to February 2023 on a Hacking Forum on the Darkweb
HDFC Bank Data LEAK: One of the largest private sector banks in India, HDFC Bank, has allegedly fallen victim to a data breach. A user on a well known underground hacker forum has posted 7.5GB of HDFC Bank data for download. There is no payment required to download the data, which means the hacker is not really selling the data; in fact, he is giving it away for free.
TimesNowNews.com reached out to HDFC Bank regarding the alleged Data breach, and the Bank categorically denied any data leak, here is what they had to say -
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"We wish to state that there is no data leak at HDFC Bank and our systems have not been breached or accessed in any unauthorised manner. We remain confident of our systems. However we treat the matter of our customers data security with utmost seriousness and we continue to monitor bank systems and the ecosystem to ensure the highest standards of data security and safety."
- HDFC Bank spokesperson
HDFC Bank was founded in 1894 and is headquartered in Mumbai. The bank has a network of over 1,000 branches in India and overseas. The hacker writes about HDFC Bank, "It is India's largest private sector bank by assets and world's 10th largest bank by market capitalisation as of April 2021. It is the third largest company by market capitalisation of $127.16 billion on the Indian stock exchanges. It is also the fifteenth largest employer in India with nearly 150,000 employees."
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HDFC Bank Data LEAK: The hacker claims that the leak contains the following information belonging to the HDFC Bank users
Full names (with middle name included)
Date of birth
Age
Phone Numbers
Personal Email
Work Email
Marital Status
Gender,
Residence Address
Permanent Address
Pincodes
City
State
Employment Information
Loan Information
Transaction methods
Credit Scores
Experian Scores
LOS ID (Internal Software)
Loyalty Card numbers
and other miscellaneous things.
Timesnownews.com can not verify the authenticity of the data as claimed by the hacker
"The oldest logs are from May 2022, with the most recent ones being added as early as February 2023."
- the hacker claims in his post on the forum,
HDFC Bank Data LEAK Post 1HDFC Bank Data LEAK: Post 1
To support his claim, the hacker has posted 'Data Samples', The screenshots come with first name, last name, application status data and more. We have attached the screenshots below. The hacker has also posted a list of month wise ZIP files ready for download.
HDFC Bank Data LEAK Data Sample 1HDFC Bank Data LEAK: Data Sample 1
Looking at the data samples, the data seems to be from the HDFC Finance and Loan department. The sample data does not show any customer IDs, account numbers, passwords, or PINs; this means that account holders at HDFC Bank might be safe.
One of the largest private sector banks in India, HDFC Bank, has allegedly fallen victim to a data breach. A user on a well known underground hacker forum has posted 7.5GB of HDFC Bank data for download.
author-479257007
Authored by: Siddharth Shankar
Updated Mar 6, 2023 | 10:40 PM IST
HDFC Bank Data LEAK: Hacker leaks HDFC Bank Data from May 2022 to February 2023 on a Hacking Forum on the Darkweb
HDFC Bank Data LEAK: One of the largest private sector banks in India, HDFC Bank, has allegedly fallen victim to a data breach. A user on a well known underground hacker forum has posted 7.5GB of HDFC Bank data for download. There is no payment required to download the data, which means the hacker is not really selling the data; in fact, he is giving it away for free.
TimesNowNews.com reached out to HDFC Bank regarding the alleged Data breach, and the Bank categorically denied any data leak, here is what they had to say -
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"We wish to state that there is no data leak at HDFC Bank and our systems have not been breached or accessed in any unauthorised manner. We remain confident of our systems. However we treat the matter of our customers data security with utmost seriousness and we continue to monitor bank systems and the ecosystem to ensure the highest standards of data security and safety."
- HDFC Bank spokesperson
HDFC Bank was founded in 1894 and is headquartered in Mumbai. The bank has a network of over 1,000 branches in India and overseas. The hacker writes about HDFC Bank, "It is India's largest private sector bank by assets and world's 10th largest bank by market capitalisation as of April 2021. It is the third largest company by market capitalisation of $127.16 billion on the Indian stock exchanges. It is also the fifteenth largest employer in India with nearly 150,000 employees."
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HDFC Bank Data LEAK: The hacker claims that the leak contains the following information belonging to the HDFC Bank users
Full names (with middle name included)
Date of birth
Age
Phone Numbers
Personal Email
Work Email
Marital Status
Gender,
Residence Address
Permanent Address
Pincodes
City
State
Employment Information
Loan Information
Transaction methods
Credit Scores
Experian Scores
LOS ID (Internal Software)
Loyalty Card numbers
and other miscellaneous things.
Timesnownews.com can not verify the authenticity of the data as claimed by the hacker
"The oldest logs are from May 2022, with the most recent ones being added as early as February 2023."
- the hacker claims in his post on the forum,
HDFC Bank Data LEAK Post 1HDFC Bank Data LEAK: Post 1
To support his claim, the hacker has posted 'Data Samples', The screenshots come with first name, last name, application status data and more. We have attached the screenshots below. The hacker has also posted a list of month wise ZIP files ready for download.
HDFC Bank Data LEAK Data Sample 1HDFC Bank Data LEAK: Data Sample 1
Looking at the data samples, the data seems to be from the HDFC Finance and Loan department. The sample data does not show any customer IDs, account numbers, passwords, or PINs; this means that account holders at HDFC Bank might be safe.
