Airtel Hits Back at Alleged Threat Actor, Refutes Claims of Data Breach

Bharti airtel Has Issued a statement refuting the claims of data breach on its servants. The telecom operator said that it did not find any evidence of a breach after a thorough investment. It further claimed that the allegation by the thread actor was a “desperate” attempt to tarnish the brand’s reputation. Earlier, Multiple Reports Claimed that the Telecom Operator Suffered a Major Data Breach where the sensitive information of 375 million Airtel Airtel Customers was compromised and wased on

Airtel Refutes Claims of Data Breach

In a statementAirtel stated, “There has been an ongoing report alleging that Airtel Customer Data has been compromised. This is Nothing Short of a desperate attempt to tarnish airtel’s reputation by vested interests. We have done a thorough investment and can confirm that there has been no breach whatsoever from Airtel Systems. “

The statement comes a day after several unverted reports claimed that a threat actor identified as ‘xenzen’ on dark web forums. X (Formerly Known as Twitter) user nicolas krassas, whose linkedin profile sugges he works at Germany-Based Multinational Company Henkel AG as the Head of the therm screenshot from a dark web forum that shows a post by the threat actor.

In the screenshot, Xenzen Alleges Breaching Airtel’s Database and Gaining Access to Customer’s Data Such as Phone, Email, Address, Aadhaar, and More. The threat actor said the data, which was allegedly updated Till June 2024, was up for sale. The person behind the account sought $ 50,000 (roughly Rs. 4,174,000) for the alleged data.

However, no follow-up posts, screenshots, or sample data have surfled that confirm the threat actor’s class even 24 hours after the said attack. Notable, scammers on the dark web often post sensational data breach posts on forums to swindle others into paying. Once the payment is made, they either share fraudulent data or entryly vanish from the platform. This could be one of that institutes, however, there is no way of proving it.

For now, Airtel has ressured customers that their data is secured and no such data breach has occurred.

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