{"id":861,"date":"2020-05-09T02:52:49","date_gmt":"2020-05-09T01:52:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/zerothcode.com\/blog\/?p=861"},"modified":"2020-10-08T05:32:13","modified_gmt":"2020-10-08T04:32:13","slug":"unacademy-hacked-22-million-users-database-sale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zerothcode.com\/blog\/unacademy-hacked-22-million-users-database-sale\/","title":{"rendered":"UnAcademy Hacked 22 Million Users Database For Sale"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>\n<h3>Unacademy 22 Million Users Data Hacked<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>Unacademy Advises to Change your Password Now<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Unacademy Hacked, the hackers put 22 Million users Database For Sale on Dark Web. Unacademy is India\u2019s largest online learning platform.<\/p>\n<p>On 3rd May 2020, the U.S. based Cyber Intelligence company\u00a0Cyble\u00a0found that some cyber threat actors selling an Unacademy user database containing 20 Million accounts for USD 2000.<\/p>\n<p>Gaurav Munjal, a founder of the company confirms the Unacademy database hacked.<\/p>\n<div class=\"SandboxRoot env-bp-350\" data-twitter-event-id=\"0\">\n<div id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"EmbeddedTweet EmbeddedTweet--cta js-clickToOpenTarget\" lang=\"en\" data-click-to-open-target=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/gauravmunjal\/status\/1258346031961591808\" data-iframe-title=\"Twitter Tweet\" data-scribe=\"page:tweet\" data-twitter-event-id=\"1\">\n<div class=\"EmbeddedTweet-tweetContainer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cWe follow stringent encryption methods using the PBKDF2 algorithm with a SHA256 hash, making it highly impossible for anyone to decrypt your passwords. I would still advice you to change your password on other platforms if you were using the same password at multiple places,\u201d said, Gaurav.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cData security and privacy protection of our learners is of utmost importance to us and we will do everything possible, to ensure no personal information is compromised.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe assure you that your data is protected and more stringent steps are being taken to ensure that your learning experience on Unacademy is safe and secure,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>According to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bleepingcomputer.com\/news\/security\/hacker-sells-22-million-unacademy-user-records-after-data-breach\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bleeping Computers<\/a>, the database records containing usernames, SHA-256 hashed passwords, date joined, last login date, email addresses, first and last names, and whether the account is active, a staff member, or a superuser.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6317\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/hackersonlineclub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Unacademy-Data.png?resize=1170%2C218&amp;ssl=1\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1170px) 100vw, 1170px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/hackersonlineclub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Unacademy-Data.png?w=1740&amp;ssl=1 1740w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/hackersonlineclub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Unacademy-Data.png?resize=300%2C56&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/hackersonlineclub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Unacademy-Data.png?resize=1024%2C191&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/hackersonlineclub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Unacademy-Data.png?resize=768%2C143&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/hackersonlineclub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Unacademy-Data.png?resize=1536%2C286&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/hackersonlineclub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Unacademy-Data.png?resize=370%2C69&amp;ssl=1 370w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/hackersonlineclub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Unacademy-Data.png?resize=570%2C106&amp;ssl=1 570w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/hackersonlineclub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Unacademy-Data.png?resize=770%2C143&amp;ssl=1 770w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/hackersonlineclub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Unacademy-Data.png?resize=1170%2C218&amp;ssl=1 1170w\" alt=\"Unacademy Data\" width=\"1170\" height=\"218\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Hemesh Singh, Cofounder and CTO, Unacademy given statement,<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have been closely monitoring the situation and can confirm that basic information related to around 11 million learners has been compromised. However, we would like to assure our learners that no sensitive information such as financial data, location or passwords has been breached. We follow stringent encryption methods using the PBKDF2 algorithm with a SHA256 hash, making it highly implausible for anyone to access the learner passwords. We also follow an OTP based login system that provides an additional layer of security to our learners. We are doing a complete background check and will be addressing any potential security loophole to further our efforts of ensuring a robust security mechanism. Data security and privacy of our learners is of utmost importance to us and we will be in communication with our learners to keep them updated on the progress.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>If you are existing Unacademy users, then you need to change your password immediately.<\/p>\n<p>Unacademy is recently raising in funding around USD 110 million from General Atlantic, Sequoia, and Facebook.\u00a0The company\u2019s value evaluated at more than USD 500 million.<\/p>\n<p>Just a day ago the\u00a0Godaddy database got hacked.<\/p>\n<p>The companies should hire Cyber Security Experts and starts Bug Hunting programs to grow company network security.<\/p>\n<div class=\"SandboxRoot env-bp-350\" data-twitter-event-id=\"0\">\n<div id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"EmbeddedTweet EmbeddedTweet--cta js-clickToOpenTarget\" lang=\"en\" data-click-to-open-target=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/gauravmunjal\/status\/1258346031961591808\" data-iframe-title=\"Twitter Tweet\" data-scribe=\"page:tweet\" data-twitter-event-id=\"1\">\n<div class=\"EmbeddedTweet-tweetContainer\">\n<div class=\"EmbeddedTweet-tweet\">\n<blockquote class=\"Tweet h-entry js-tweetIdInfo subject expanded\" cite=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/gauravmunjal\/status\/1258346031961591808\" data-tweet-id=\"1258346031961591808\" data-scribe=\"section:subject\">\n<div class=\"Tweet-header\"><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Unacademy 22 Million Users Data Hacked Unacademy Advises to Change your Password Now Unacademy Hacked, the hackers put 22 Million<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":862,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_container_layout":"default_layout","colormag_page_sidebar_layout":"default_layout","footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[],"yst_prominent_words":[1170,1164,1153,1177,1165,1174,1161,1172,1166,1160,1168,1162,1175,1163,1171,1176,1173,1167,1149,1169],"class_list":["post-861","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hackers-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/zerothcode.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/861","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/zerothcode.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/zerothcode.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zerothcode.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zerothcode.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=861"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/zerothcode.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/861\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zerothcode.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/862"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/zerothcode.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=861"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zerothcode.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=861"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zerothcode.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=861"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zerothcode.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=861"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}