2020 — Paytm: Aug 2020 (added to breach DBs Jul 2022), 3.4M records

2020 3.4M records affected

Data compromised

Names, emails, phones, DOB, gender, locations, income, purchase history

Technical writeup

Aug 2020 (added to breach DBs Jul 2022). Data of 3.4M users compromised. Exposed: names, emails, phones, DOB, gender, locations, income levels, purchase history. Passwords not exposed.

Root cause

Unauthorized access; data exposure.

References

https://monitor.mozilla.org/breach-details/Paytm
https://news.abplive.com/technology/paytm-data-breach-3-4-million-users-affected-how-to-check-if-you-were-one-of-them-1544835