Truecaller

Truecaller

Personal data of 47.5 million Indians including their phone number, service provider, name, gender, city, email, and Facebook ID, among other things, was available on the dark web for $1,000 (₹75,000).

It was claimed to be sourced from the caller ID app Truecaller.

Truecaller denied any breach of its database.

Source: https://www.medianama.com/2020/05/223-truecaller-denies-database-breach/

TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/truecaller

"id": "tru2157291222",
"linkid": "truecaller",
"type": "Data Leak",
"date": "05/2020",
"severity": "85",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"
{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 47500000,
                        'industry': 'Technology',
                        'name': 'Truecaller',
                        'type': 'Company'}],
 'data_breach': {'data_exfiltration': True,
                 'number_of_records_exposed': 47500000,
                 'personally_identifiable_information': True,
                 'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['phone number',
                                              'service provider',
                                              'name',
                                              'gender',
                                              'city',
                                              'email',
                                              'Facebook ID']},
 'description': 'Personal data of 47.5 million Indians including their phone '
                'number, service provider, name, gender, city, email, and '
                'Facebook ID, among other things, was available on the dark '
                'web for $1,000 (₹75,000). It was claimed to be sourced from '
                'the caller ID app Truecaller. Truecaller denied any breach of '
                'its database.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['phone number',
                                 'service provider',
                                 'name',
                                 'gender',
                                 'city',
                                 'email',
                                 'Facebook ID']},
 'initial_access_broker': {'data_sold_on_dark_web': True},
 'investigation_status': 'Denied by Truecaller',
 'title': 'Truecaller Data Breach',
 'type': 'Data Breach'}
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