Call Data Leak Of Crores Of Vi Users! See What Vodafone Idea Replied

After this matter came to light, Vodafone Idea aka Vi dismissed the reports of data breaches, the company says that the report is completely false and no data of any kind has been leaked.

Thu, 01 Sep 2022 02:12 PM (IST)
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Call Data Leak Of Crores Of Vi Users! See What Vodafone Idea Replied
Call Data Leak Of Crores Of Vi Users! See What Vodafone Idea Replied

Vi Call Data: Due to the flaws in the system of telecom company Vodafone Idea, the data of more than 200 million postpaid users has been leaked, for the information of the people, let us tell you that this claim has been made by cyber security company CyberX9. Addresses, phone numbers, SMS records, call logs and mobile internet usage details, etc. have been reported in the leaked data of about 300 million customers.

After this matter came to light, Vodafone Idea aka Vi dismissed the reports of data breaches, the company says that the report is completely false and no data of any kind has been leaked. The report of cybersecurity firm CyberX9 says that there was not one flaw in Vi's system, due to which 301 million i.e. 301 million users had call records, location details, full name, alternate contact number, bill details, details related to internet consumption, Many information like home address, etc. have been leaked.

It has been claimed that 20 million data records in the leaked data belong to the company's postpaid users. This simply means that the privacy and security of crores of Vi aka Vodafone Idea users are at risk due to the leaked data. Not only this, the cyber security firm even says that Vodafone Idea has been leaking the data of users for the last two years and by now this data must have been in the hands of hackers.

The matter is very sensitive and the company's statement has also come after such news related to the security and privacy of users came to the fore. The company says that nothing like this has happened and the news of the data leak has been categorically dismissed. The company says that the data of users with Vi is completely safe and secure.

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