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Data breach allegations: MobiKwik forensic audit gets moving on RBI order

Payments firm says working closely with requisite authorities to conduct independent audit

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The allegedly leaked documents, posted on the dark web on Monday, claimed to have 8.2 terabytes (TB) of data

Neha AlawadhiAnup Roy New Delhi/Mumbai
As controversy around the alleged data breach at payments firm MobiKwik rages on, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), it is learnt, has asked the Gurugram-headquartered firm to get a third-party forensic audit done through an auditor approved by the cyber incident arm of the government. 

According to a person aware of the matter, MobiKwik has been in touch with the Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) on the matter. CERT-In is the nodal agency responsible for dealing with cyber incidents, under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY). 

The alleged breach is believed to have compromised data of 3.5