Car rental platform Zoomcar says hackers accessed personal data of 8.4 million users

Car-sharing platform Zoomcar told the US market regulator that a hacker accessed the personal data of at least 8.4 million customers. Names, phone numbers, and car registration numbers, personal addresses and email addresses were compromised in the cyberattack, it said in a filing dated June 13.

The Bengaluru-based company told the US Securities and Exchange Commission that the first event was recorded on June 9. The company became aware of the data leak after “certain employees received external communications from a threat actor alleging unauthorised access to company data”, the filing noted.