2021 — "ZEE5," the popular Indian video-on-demand platform,…
Data compromised
Personal
Technical writeup
"ZEE5," the popular Indian video-on-demand platform, has had a security incident that ended up in leaking the data (email addresses, cleartext passwords, full names, DoB) of nine million of its users. The discovery of the leaked data came from independent researchers Rajshekhar Rajaharia, who confirmed that the latest entry dates to February 23, 2021.
Root cause
Error/Misdelivery: Misconfiguration