A hacker known as 'ShopifyGUY' has claimed responsibility for a major data breach at boAt, a popular electronics brand. The breach, which occurred on April 5, 2024, has reportedly exposed sensitive Personally Identifiable Information (PII) of users, including names, addresses, phone numbers, email addresses, and customer IDs. Security experts warn that affected individuals may face increased risks of identity theft, financial fraud, and phishing attacks.
and reportedly includes sensitive Personally Identifiable Information of users such as names, addresses, phone numbers, email addresses, customer IDs, and more.
Security experts warn that those impacted by the breach face increased risks of identity theft, financial fraud, and phishing attacks. The stolen information could enable threat actors to access bank accounts, make fraudulent purchases, or launch targeted scams. NetEnrich senior threat analyst, Rakesh Krishnan, believes the hacker likely gained access to the data well before its release on the dark web forum. His opinion is that the leak is intended to establish the hacker’s reputation within the cybercrime community since the leaker’s profile is relatively new and only has this leak under his name.
Scammers might frequently use such data for fraudulent email and phone calls. So boAt must take sufficient action in response to the breach. However, the company has not yet publicly acknowledged the data breach or provided guidance to affected customers.
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