If you are an Indian and use a phone then there is a big danger for you. 75 crore Indian telecom users are the target of hackers. Their private data is being sold on the dark web. Considering the seriousness of the matter, the Indian Telecom Department (DoT) has asked the telecom companies to audit the system. Hackers have stolen details like phone numbers and Aadhaar cards of users. People can easily become victims of cyber fraud.
Cyber security firm CloudSEK claimed that a group of hackers put a large database of Indian mobile network subscribers up for sale. dark web Have put on. To sell it they are demanding 3 thousand dollars (about Rs 25 lakh).
85 percent Indian population at risk
The dataset available on the dark web may contain data of 85 percent of Indian users. If this happens, it will be the biggest data leak of its kind. Hackers have stolen details like name, mobile number, address and Aadhaar card of users. The size of this data is 1.8TB, while when compressed it is 600GB.
How to check your data on dark web
Now you might be wondering whether your data has been leaked? You can check this thing easily. For this you will have to take the help of Google One. People using Gmail etc. can use Google One to check whether their data is not on the dark web.
For this you will have to buy Google One subscription plan. After this follow these steps.
- Go to one.google.com website.
- Click on the Try now option below the Dark web report.
- After this click on Run scan.
You will get the report of the dark web, where you will know whether your data has been leaked or not. Apart from this, you can also take help of portals like Have I Been Pwned.
