Private data of 2.9 crore Indian jobseekers leaked on dark web: Report

Data leak: Cyber intelligence firm Cyble on Friday announced that during its sweep of the dark web, it found the leaked data of over 2.9 crore Indian job seekers, up for cyber criminals to grab. In a blog post, the firm announced that it came across a 2.3 GB compressed file on a hacking forum. The threat actor had said that the files of data contained the names, addresses, email IDs, phone numbers, field of occupation, current salaries and employers among other details of the job seekers.

The firm said that this was more than the usually static data that is available on such forums.