Hack exposes Zomato's weak protection of customer data, say Cyber experts

Online restaurant aggregator says it will beef up security after 17 million user details were stolen

After details of over 17 million users was stolen and sold online, restaurants discovery and food ordering service Zomato has vowed to beef up security measures, including adding a layer of authentication for its own employees to access user data.

The company in a blog post claimed that the leak appeared to be an internal (human) security breach with an employee's development account getting compromised. 

However, cyber security experts pointed out that Zomato was clearly lacking in its technique to protect customer data from unwanted elements .

Sajal Thomas, a cyber security consultant, claimed on Twitter that he verified the sample data being