Dominos Data Hacked: Pizza chain brand Dominos has been the victim of a cyber attack and its users’ data has been leaked. About 180 million orders are now being viewed on the Dark Web. In early April, a hacker claimed to have gained access to 13 TB of Domino’s data, which led to the handling of details of about 180 million orders, including users’ mobile numbers, email addresses, payment details and credit card details. (Credit Card) information is included.
Let me tell you, this data was leaked at the beginning of the month but the customers were not informed about it. This data includes not only the users but also the information of 250 employees of the company and some files of the company which is about 13TB in size.
Data leaks include customer credit / debit card information, mobile number, name, email ID, address and payment details, as well as the company’s data files from 2015 to 2021. According to a message posted on the Dark Web, hackers are going to take this data and create a search portal where people can search for leaked data.
Users’ data can be misused
In today’s digital age, people order everything online which saves their personal information and payment details on various e-commerce websites and applications. Companies also have this information stored in their data. Whenever the data of such a company is hacked, the hacker also gets your private information which can be misused in many ways.
- You may have noticed that you often get calls from companies with various offers and they also have private information like your name, address. You wonder how they know so much about you.
- Let me tell you that you will be using a lot of applications in which you have to fill in some information at the time of logging in which your name, birth date, email id and phone number are taken. Allow it without reading the full details.
- These companies save crores of rupees by saving users’ data, creating their profiles and selling them to other companies, and other companies use this data to advertise their products to you. Companies advertise the sale of their work items according to the age and gender of the users. In today’s age every company is resorting to digital marketing to increase their sales.
- Cyber fraud is rampant these days. In the daily newspapers and news you will see that millions of rupees are withdrawn from the account by getting the information of internet banking. If the fraudster can get your payment details from any dark web, you can also get a call in the name of the bank and also clear money from your account by telling you the details of your card and assuring you that you are a bank employee.
- If a criminal finds your private information, he can blackmail you as well as create a fake account on social media using your number and name.
- You can also empty your account by getting your credit / debit card and other payment details and transacting online.
This is not the first time that the data of a company with millions and millions of users has been leaked. Before this, Facebook was also accused of leaking the data of its own users. Recently, there has been a controversy over WhatsApp’s new privacy policy.
What to keep in mind?
- When logging in to any application or e-commerce website, read their privacy policy carefully and only allow it if you think it’s appropriate.
- Do not save payment details whenever you order from an application or website. Delete the information after ordering and select the Cash on Delivery option until done.
- Whenever you get a call asking for any information related to OTP or internet banking, do not share any information and report cyber crime.
