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New: KiranaPro's co-founder can't rule out an external hack after the startup's data was mysteriously wiped.
Indian grocery delivery startup's data loss saga has more holes than Swiss cheese, as it's still unclear whether the breach was internal or the result of a hack.
New: Indian grocery delivery startup KiranaPro has been hacked and all its data has been wiped.
The destroyed data included the company’s app code and its servers containing banks of sensitive customer information, including their addresses and payment details.
New: A group of investors are considering a plan to inject another $30 million into BluSmart in a bid to revive the Indian EV cab-hailing startup that abruptly halted operations last month.
New: Indian court orders blocking of Proton Mail
https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/29/indian-court-orders-blocking-of-proton-mail/
New with @lorenzofb: Kerala state police arrested an administrator of Garantex, a Russia-based crypto exchange sanctioned by the U.S., under India's extradition law. The move comes just days after the U.S. DOJ accused the suspect of personally approving cybercriminal-linked transactions on the platform.
https://techcrunch.com/2025/03/12/garantex-administrator-arrested-in-india-under-extradition-law/
New: Tata Technologies' data has been published by the ransomware group Hunters International, just over a month after the Indian company confirmed an attack that led to the suspension of some services.
https://techcrunch.com/2025/03/11/tata-technologies-data-leaked-by-ransomware-gang/
New: Apple and Google have pulled as many as 20 apps from their respective app stores after security researchers found the apps were carrying data-stealing malware for almost a year.
https://techcrunch.com/2025/02/10/apple-and-google-take-down-malicious-apps-from-their-app-stores/
New: Some Indian government websites continue to allow the planting of scammy links on their official domains — months after TechCrunch reported the issue last year.
New: Rapido, a popular ride-hailing platform in India, has fixed a security issue that exposed personal information associated with its users and drivers.
New: A major McDonald’s delivery system in India exposed the personal information of its customers and drivers due to several simple security flaws.
New: Signzy, a popular vendor offering online “know your customer” ID verification and customer onboarding services to several top financial institutions, commercial banks, and fintech companies, has confirmed a security incident.
Star Health Insurance has confirmed it was the target of a “malicious cyberattack,” two weeks after cybercriminals claimed to post customers’ health records and other sensitive data online.
New: Star Health, one of India’s biggest health insurance firms, is investigating a cybersecurity incident that allegedly leaked sensitive data associated with its customers, including their medical records.
New: A hacker claims to be selling data relating to thousands of current and former employees of the Indian conglomerate Piramal Group.
https://techcrunch.com/2024/07/24/hacker-claims-theft-of-piramal-groups-employee-data/
UPDATE: CrowdStrike's spokesperson Kevin Benacci finally sent us a statement:
"We did send these to our teammates and partners who have been helping customers through this situation. Uber flagged it as fraud because of high usage rates."
https://techcrunch.com/2024/07/24/crowdstrike-offers-a-10-apology-gift-card-to-say-sorry-for-outage/
New: A hacker claims to be selling an extensive database associated with an Indian government portal meant for blue-collar workforce emigrating from the country.
https://techcrunch.com/2024/06/26/hacker-claims-data-breach-of-indias-emigrate-labor-portal/
NEW, by me: Spyware maker pcTattletale says it's shuttered and is "out of business" after a data breach over the weekend.
pcTattletale founder Bryan Fleming said he no longer has access to the company’s Amazon Web Services account, which he used to store upwards of 300 million screenshots from victims' devices over several years.
It looks like Amazon may have taken action against the spyware maker.
More: https://techcrunch.com/2024/05/28/pctattletale-spyware-shutters-data-breach/
New: A hacker claims to be selling user records associated with known Indian online brokerage firm Samco Securities.
https://techcrunch.com/2024/05/16/hacker-claims-theft-samco-account-data/
New: Some Indian government websites have allowed scammers to plant advertisements capable of redirecting visitors to online betting platforms.
India's ICICI Bank exposed the sensitive data of thousands of new credit cards to customers who were not their intended recipients.
https://techcrunch.com/2024/04/25/india-icici-bank-exposed-credit-cards/
