17.1 Million Online Accounts Hacked In 3 Months Surfshak Report

Online Accounts Leaked: India’s Internet users need to be careful! One of Cybersecurity Company Surfshark Report It has been said that a total of 17.1 million (1 crore 71 lakh) in India was dent in online accounts between the first quarter of 2024 i.e. January and March. Comparing this from the last quarter of 2023 from October-December, the number of breeches in the accounts has increased from 6 to 132 per minute. During this period, more than 90 million accounts were targeted in the US, which is more than India. The report clearly indicates that the number of online accounts leaking in India has increased rapidly. (Online Accounts Hacked In India)

According to the News 18 report, Analysis of Surfshark says that India is the eighth largest country in the world since 2004, which has the most online accounts. A total of 320.5 million accounts have been leaked in 19 years. The US has been detained in the US in the US, 2.4 billion accounts in Russia, 1.1 billion accounts in China, 521.6 million accounts in France, 486.7 million accounts in Germany, 354.2 million accounts in Brazil and 321.9 million in UK.

Analysis states that 320.5 million online accounts were hacked, among 88 million unique e-mail addresses. On average, 3.8 and personal records are leaked with each email address. Along with these accounts, 162 million passwords were also leaked, which increases the risk of occupation of users’ accounts. This also speeds up the risk of other types of cybercrime with users.

Statistics from January to March show that more online accounts have been hacked in India than in Bangladesh. However, China is ahead of us in this matter. Usually such dent, the confidential information of users is leaked as well as their name, address, phone number, e-mail and customer ID are also necessary information like cyber attackers.