Automotive-sharing big Zoomcar says hacker accessed private information of 8.4 million customers

Indian car-sharing market Zoomcar has revealed {that a} hacker accessed the private information of no less than 8.4 million clients, together with their names, telephone numbers, and automotive registration numbers.

The Bengaluru-headquartered firm recognized the incident involving unauthorized entry to its data methods on June 9, per its submitting with the U.S. Securities and Trade Fee. The corporate acknowledged that it grew to become conscious of the incident after a few of its workers obtained exterior communications from a risk actor who claimed to have gained entry to the corporate’s information.

“Upon discovery, the corporate promptly activated its incident response plan,” stated Zoomcar in its submitting.

The corporate stated there was “no proof that monetary data, plaintext passwords, or different delicate identifiers” have been compromised within the breach.

Responding to the incident, Zoomcar stated it applied “extra safeguards throughout the cloud and inside community, rising system monitoring, and reviewing entry controls,” with out offering additional particulars. The corporate additionally acknowledged that it’s partaking with third-party cybersecurity specialists and has notified “applicable regulatory and legislation enforcement authorities and is cooperating totally with their inquiries.”

Nonetheless, Zoomcar has not but stated if it has knowledgeable affected clients concerning the incident, and whether or not it has any details about the hacker.

TechCrunch has reached out to Zoomcar, asking these questions and extra, and can replace this text when the corporate responds.

Based in 2013, Zoomcar permits clients to hire automobiles on a month-to-month, weekly, every day, and hourly foundation. The corporate operates in 99 cities with over 25,000 automobiles and has greater than 10 million customers, per the info out there on its investor relations web site. Along with India, the corporate operates in Egypt, Indonesia, and Vietnam.

In February, Zoomcar reported a 19% year-on-year enhance in automotive leases to 103,599 bookings. Contribution revenue jumped over 500% to $1.28 million, whereas internet loss stood at $7.9 million.

“So far, the incident has not resulted in any materials disruption to the corporate’s operations,” the corporate stated.