Cyber criminal put Truecaller records of 4.75 cr Indians on sale for Rs 75,000

A cyber criminal has put on sale records of 4.75 crore Indians claimed to be sourced from online directory Truecaller for about Rs 75,000, according to online intelligence firm Cyble. A Truecaller spokesperson denied any breach of its database and said it is a compiled database which is being sold by using the name of the company so that the data look credible.

“Our researchers have identified a reputable seller, who is selling 47.5 million Indians Truecaller records for USD 1,000 (about Rs 75,000). The data is from 2019. We were also taken off by surprise with such a low price point,” Cyble said in a blog.

The data on sale includes phone numbers, gender, city, mobile network, Facebook id etc.