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India telecom operator Reliance Jio probing alleged data breach

It is investigating claims that personal data of over 100m of its customers has leaked onto a website

Published Mon, Jul 10, 2017 · 09:50 PM

Mumbai

INDIA'S Reliance Jio said on Monday it was investigating claims that personal data of over 100 million of its customers had leaked onto a website, in what may be the first ever large-scale data breach at an Indian telecom operator.

Jio, India's newest telecoms entrant, said that the data on the website, Magicapk.com, appeared to be "unauthentic" and that its subscriber data was safe and maintained with the highest security.

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