Several users on Twitter have noticed several things that indicate that hackers
have been trying to target HDFC Bank customers for some time now.
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HDFC claims data leak of more than 6 lakh users Bank denied the claim hackers
created fake bank customer care account on twitter
Cyber scam cases are increasing rapidly in India. Scammers and hackers are
trying new ways everyday to dupe people. A recent report had claimed that a big
data leak containing personal information of over 6 lakh users of popular bank
HDFC has been leaked. The report also claims that the data has been put up for
sale by hackers on the dark web. However, HDFC Bank has now debunked the claim
after the report spread on the internet. In a report by Privacy Affairs, citing
a dark web account, it has been claimed that the data of 6 lakh users of HDFC
has been leaked, in which the personal information of those users has also been
said to be there. In this leaked data, name, email address, physical address and
many other sensitive financial information have been claimed to be present.
However, later HDFC Bank shared a statement on its official Twitter handle,
refuting this claim of data leak. The tweet read, "We would like to state that
there has been no data leak at HDFC Bank and our systems have not been breached
or breached in any unauthorized manner.Has not been accessed. We trust our
system. However, we take our customers' data security very seriously and will
continue to monitor the bank's systems and our ecosystem to ensure the highest
standards of data security." Not only this, according to the report, several
users have noticed several things on Twitter which indicate that hackers have
been trying to target HDFC Bank customers for some time now. The hackers had
allegedly created a fake handle of HDFC Bank on Twitter, and from that account
they were replying to tweets from customers complaining about the bank on
Twitter. Sponsored byAt the same time, a user allegedly claimed and also shared
a screenshot on Twitter that he was seeing a phishing message, which was not the
official one, when he opened the official HDFC Bank app. In response, the
service manager of HDFC Bank advised people not to share their personal
information on social media. He wrote, "Remember, bank never asks for PAN
details, OTP, UPI VPA / MPIN, Customer ID & Password, Card Number, ATM PIN &
CVV. Please do not share your personal details with anyone."
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