DoT to seek details from Jio on data breach

The website magicapk, where details were leaked, has been suspended now

The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) will seek details from Reliance Jio regarding the data breach of its customer details.

Police arrested a person in connection with the breach after Jio filed a complaint alleging “unlawful access to its systems” a few days ago. On Sunday, a website claimed that Jio customer base was leaked online with details such as name, phone number as well as Aadhaar numbers of its users getting compromised. “They (Reliance Jio) have not informed us. We will be seeking details,” Telecom Secretary Aruna Sundararajan said while replying to a query regarding the data breach. The Secretary added