Cybersecurity firm claims data leak of 750 million telecom users, DoT asks telcos for security audit

New Delhi: The Department of Telecom has asked service operators for a security audit of their systems following claims by a cybersecurity firm that data of 750 million Indian subscribers has been leaked, a government official said. Cybersecurity firm CloudSEK has claimed that its researchers have found that hackers are selling 1.8 terabyte of a database comprising 750 million Indian mobile consumers on the dark web.

The hacker has denied any involvement in a breach and has claimed to have obtained the data through undisclosed asset work within law enforcement channels, CloudSEK said.

“The DoT has asked telecom operators to get a security audit of their systems,” a senior government official said.