Online learning platform Unacademy hacked, details of 22 million users available for sale
Unacademy, one of the largest online learning platforms in India has faced a data breach and details of 22 million users of Unacademy are reportedly available for sale now.
According to security firm Cyble Inc, a hacker is offering the user database, containing 21,909,707 records, for USD 2,000. Cyble Inc added that it has managed to acquire the database and added the user records to its data breach monitoring service which can be used by millions of Unacademy users to determine whether their account was hacked or not.
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.
It is learnt that 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).
BleepingComputer got in touch with some users of Unacademy learning app and verified that the hacked data is authentic. BleepingComputer also claimed that the hackers have stolen much more than just the user database.
Unacademy is yet to respond to this incident.
According to Unacademy, over 300,000 students have benefited from over 2,400 online lessons and specialised courses available on the learning platform to clear different competitive examinations.
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