Recent reports have suggested that employee data belonging to Piramal Group, including names and email addresses of both current and former staff members, may have been compromised and offered for sale on the dark web. These allegations have understandably raised concerns regarding the security of sensitive information within the organization.
However, Piramal Group has firmly denied any breach, attributing the purported data leak to a third-party platform. The Indian government’s Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) was also notified of the situation and has confirmed that there was no compromise in Piramal Group’s systems.
The controversy arose when a hacker reportedly posted a small portion of the stolen data on a prominent cybercrime forum last week. The publication that brought this issue to light claims to have accessed a larger sample of data from the alleged hacker and validated it using a job listing portal. This development has highlighted the importance of robust data security measures and has led to widespread speculation about the integrity of Piramal Group’s systems.
In response to these allegations, a spokesperson for Piramal Group provided a detailed statement to the This article has been indexed from CySecurity News – Latest Information Security and Hacking Incidents
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