The Singaporean arm of online marketplace Carousell has confirmed that it had recently experienced a data breach. Prior to this,
that a database containing details of 2.6 million users from the platform has been put on sale on an undisclosed online forum.
In a statement issued to website SoyaCincau, Carousell said that a bug that was triggered during a system migration had been exploited by a third party to gain unauthorised access to personal data of “certain users” in Singapore. Based on its findings, the compromised information included a user’s email address, mobile number, and date of birth.
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