Cyber Crime: Data leak of 16 crore people, who all have become victims of cybercrime and whose data has been stolen, see the full details here.
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Data leak: As technology is increasing, the number of cybercrime cases are also increasing. During this, a case of cybercrime has come to light in India in which data of 16.8 crore people has been stolen. Instead of keeping soft copies of their documents with them, most of the people keep the documents saved in their smartphones only. In such a situation, the risk of cybercrime increases even more. According to reports, the data of senior officers of Delhi’s defense has been stolen.
In such a situation, Cyberabad Police of Telangana has arrested 7 people from Delhi in connection with data theft. Here we will tell you who are the victims of cybercrime and whose data has been stolen. Apart from this, for how many rupees this data has been sold.
The data of these people was stolen
According to reports, WhatsApp data of 1.20 crore people has been found with these cybercriminals arrested from Delhi. Apart from WhatsApp data, they have also got data of users using Facebook. This includes the data of 17 lakh users. The data that has been stolen includes the users’ age, email, phone number and other details. According to the reports, the police has revealed that the data of two crore students has been leaked, in which CBSE class 12 students are included. In such a situation, the data of those who are looking for a job has been found. The stolen data includes the data of the owners of 1.47 crore vehicles. The matter of data theft does not end here, in this the details of up to 11 lakh government employees have also been leaked.
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How much data was sold
According to media reports, criminals have sold the data of 50,000 people for Rs 2,000. However, the investigation of this matter has not been completed. In such a situation, many more episodes are yet to be revealed in this matter.
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