Unacademy is one of the largest online learning platforms in India. According to security firm Cyble Inc, a hacker is offering the user database which contains 21,909,707 records, for $2,000.
Recently Unacademy succeeded in raising as much as USD 110 million in funding from General Atlantic, Sequoia, and Facebook. The company’s value is evaluated more than USD 500 million.
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WHAT TYPE OF DATA WHERE LEAKED
The breached records include
- usernames,
- hashed passwords (SHA-256),
- date joined,
- last login date,
- email addresses,
- first and last names,
- account profile (staff member/a superuser),
- account status (whether the account is active).
DATA BREACH CONFIRMED
Unacademy Co-Founder and CTO Hemesh Singh confirmed the data breach but added that all sensitive information of the learners is safe.
It must be noted that Unacademy recently raised a Series F round of funding of $110 million.
Key investors in the firm include Facebook, General Atlantic and Sequoia.