Bigbasket data of 2 crore users leaked on the dark web.
                     BIGBASKET DATA 
OF 2 CRORE 
USERS LEAKED 
ON THE DARK 
WEB
INTRODUCTION
 Bigbasket is suspected to have suffered a 
massive data breach in which the details of 
over 2 crore users may have been leaked on 
the dark web.
Source: livemint.com
COMPANY PROFILE
 Bigbasket is a company that develops an 
Indian online supermarket, delivering 
groceries and household items. 
 It’s platform allows users to discover 
products and shop for food and grocery 
needs from home or office.
Source: bigbasket.com
DARK WEB
 According to cyber intelligence firm Cyble, 
sensitive data of BigBasket users such as full 
names, email IDs, password hashes, contact 
numbers, addresses have been accessed by 
hackers and exposed on the dark web.
Source: www.indiatoday.in
DATABASE OF BIG BASKET
 In the course of routine Dark web monitoring, 
the Research team at Cyble found the 
database of Big Basket for sale in a cyber-
crime market, being sold for over $40,000. 
Source: www.indiatoday.in
SQL FILE
 The size of the SQL file is ~ 15 GB, 
containing close to 20 Million user data. 
 The size of the SQL file is about 15 GB.
Source: www.indiatoday.in
BIGBASKET REGISTERED COMPLAIN
 Bigbasket has registered a complain with the 
Cyber Crime Cell in Bengaluru and intend to 
pursue this vigorously to bring the culprits to 
book.
Source: scroll.in
SECURITY FRAMEWORK
 Bigbasket has a robust information security 
framework that employs best-in-class 
resources and technologies to manage the 
information. 
Source: scroll.in
DATA BREACH 
 Data breach incidents have been on the rise 
in India. 
 This year two major companies, Dr Reddy's 
Laboratories and Facebook-backed 
Unacademy, have been victims of 
cyberattacks. 
Source: scroll.in
PAYTM MALL DATA BREACH 
 Cyble had alleged that e-commerce platform 
Paytm Mall suffered a massive data breach, 
where a cybercrime group under the alias 
‘John Wick’ was able to get unrestricted 
access to the entire database of the 
company.
Source: scroll.in
ONLINE SHOPPING
 The breach comes at a time when covid-
19 induced lockdown has encouraged 
more people to shop online for essentials 
like grocery. 
Source: www.livemint.com