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      Paytm Mall 2020 Hack Reportedly Exposed 3.4 Million Users’ Data

      Paytm Mall was reportedly hack in 2020. At that time, the Paytm denied any breach saying it has not found any security lapses. But now, Have I Been Pwned, a website that allows Internet users to check whether their personal data has compromise by data breaches, has adds in its repository that private data of 3.4 million users were compromise.

      Firefox Monitor has also provide a link where users who have use Paytm Mall in the past can check whether their data was compromise.

      As per details on Have I Been Pwned, private data of about 3.4 million users was compromise in the breach that was reported in 2020.

      The data includes “unique email addresses along with names, phone numbers, genders, dates of birth, income levels, and previous purchases.”

      How to Check whether your Data was Leaked in Paytm Mall hack?

      If you want to know whether you are one of the 3.4 million users whose data was leak and was circulate publicly, you can go in your email and/ or phone number in the link provide by Firefox on Firefox Monitor.

      The Firefox Monitor, which warns users if their email address has expose in an online data breach, gets information from a Have I Been Pwned.

      In order to get a details account on what occasions have your data compromise, you can also check out the haveibeenpwned link.

      About Paytm Mall hack

      In 2020 risk intelligence platform Cyble claim that Paytm Mall was hack and cybercriminals ask for ransom in the form of cryptocurrency, 10 ETH (approx. Rs. 3.12 lakh at that time, Rs. 12.3 lakh as of today).

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      Ethereum price in India on 27th July 2022, 12.07pm is Rs. 1,23,000.

      The report claim “they are receiving the ransom payment from Paytm Mall.”

      Paytm said it has not found any security lapses and that all user and company data was safe and secure.

      Paytm spokesperson Said :

      “We invest heavily in our data security, as you would expect. We have been investigating the claims of a possible hack and data breach, and haven’t found any security lapses yet. We also have a Bug Bounty program, under which we reward responsible disclosure of any security risks. We extensively work with the security research community and safely resolve security anomalies,”.

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