3,588,582
Records Exposed
Jul 2018
Date of Breach
Database
Breach Type
Aug 2024
Added to Database
About This Breach
In July 2018, the Indian self-drive car rental company Zoomcar experienced a data breach, which was later sold on a dark web marketplace in 2020. The breach exposed over 3.5 million records, including names, email and IP addresses, phone numbers, and passwords stored as bcrypt hashes. This incident underscores the critical importance of strong cybersecurity measures to protect user data and prevent such breaches.
Compromised Data Types
Country
India
Language
English
Password Storage
bcrypt
Category
car rental
Indexed On
Aug 22, 2024
Breach Type
Database
What Should You Do?
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Sign Up for Pro- Change your password immediately on Zoomcar and any other site where you used the same password. Use a unique, strong password for each account.
- Watch for phishing emails targeting your inbox. Attackers may use your exposed email address to send convincing scam messages.
- Be alert to smishing attacks (SMS phishing). Scammers may text you pretending to be banks or service providers.
- Enable two-factor authentication (2FA) on all important accounts to add an extra layer of security.
- Use a password manager to generate and store unique, strong passwords for every account.
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