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| Zomato got hacked and 17 million accounts are up for sale on the Dark Web |
Zomato, the popular restaurant and event listing service, has
reportedly been hacked and 17 million accounts have been found listed on the
dark web for sale. The data on sale includes emails and hashed passwords of
Zomato users.
A dark web vendor going by the
pseudonym "nclay" has reportedly claimed responsibility for the hack.
HackRead reported that the vendor publicly shared a sample of the trove of
stolen data. HackRead stated that a test of the sample data showed that every
account mentioned on the list existed on Zomato and that the data came from
registered Zomato users. IBTimes UK has not independently verified
the legitimacy of the stolen data.
Zomato is yet to comment on the matter. The firm,
which was founded in 2008 by Indian entrepreneurs Deepinder Goyal and Pankaj
Chaddah, reportedly has over 90 million visitors every month and its app is
considered to be highly popular in India. Alexa ratings show that it is among
the top 155 most visited websites in India.
The service also has a prominent presence globally
and is popular in Australia, the Middle East and some eastern European and
South American countries, among others.
The undisclosed dark web marketplace where Zomato
users' accounts are currently up for sale is also home to numerous other such stolen
databases. HackRead reported that the same dark web marketplace also has
vendors selling around 100 million accounts from Chinese video service Youku,
millions of Gmail and Yahoo accounts and millions of Bitcoin forums data, among
other data sets.
What happens to your data once its on the dark web?
Zomato has been hacked before by an Indian white hat
hacker Anand Prakash, who found a critical security flaw and reported it to the
firm. Zomato also has a bug bounty programme but unlike other firms, it does
not hand out cash rewards. Instead, hackers receive Hall of Fame recognition or
a certificate of acknowledgement.
As a precautionary measure, it is advisable that
users reset their account passwords.
IBTimes UK has reached out to Zomato for
further clarity on the matter and will update this article in the event of a
response.
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