SNS KASHMIR
SRINAGAR, AUGUST ,10:
The University of Kashmir seems to have fallen sufferer to a cyberattack. In a stunning revelation, private information of over a million college students of University of Kashmir was noticed on darkish net. The alleged database of Kashmir University college students has been placed on sale for simply $250 on a hacking discussion board by “ViktorLustig”. The identify is impressed by the notorious con artist who “sold” the Eiffel Tower, not as soon as however twice.
The risk actor has shared a database index to point out the information he has in his possession. It claims to incorporate scholar info, registration quantity, telephone quantity, e-mail handle, password, worker information and extra.
The database is listed on Breached Forums, the well-known hacking discussion board that gained worldwide consideration earlier this month with an information breach exposing over 1 billion Chinese residents. Twitter person Abhishek Verma acquired a affirmation from the admin of the discussion board “pompompurin”, who stated the alleged database is reliable.
The University of Kashmir is but to substantiate an information breach. IBTimes’ request for a press release has gone unanswered as of this writing. Multiple calls have been made to the college’s VC, Public Relations and Admin, however to no avail. We’ll replace the story once we hear again from the college.