Flipkart Fraud: Among the fastest growing cyber fraud across the country, experts have advised customers that if you want to keep your money safe, reset your password from time to time.
New Delhi. If you also shop with Flipkart, then reset your password quickly. Among the fast growing cyber fraud across the country, experts have advised customers that if you want to keep your money safe, then reset your password from time to time. Cyber experts have alerted Flipkart Fraud users of a major danger.
According to expert Rajasekhar Rajgharia, cyber criminals are selling email addresses and passwords of customers from an allegedly leaked database of BigBasket that matches the accounts of e-commerce firms Flipkart and Amazon. However, he said that when the browser changes, Amazon sends an OTP for login.
Rajasekhar tweeted,
Rajasekhar Rajgharia has given information about this by tweeting. He wrote, “It seems that some people are selling BigBasket emails. Password combination is in the form of Flipkart data. Please tell that most people are using the same password for all websites at the moment. Almost all emails are BigBasket DB. If you are matching with (database), then all of you change your Flipkart password. Otherwise you may have to suffer a huge loss. ”
Flipkart Data Breach? It seems, some people are selling Bigbasket Email:Password Combinations as @Flipkart Data. People are using same password for all websites. Almost all emails are matching with #Bigbasket DB. Change your Flipkart Passwords ASAP. @AjjRShah @Smedapati #infosec pic.twitter.com/jkKj1zLKM2
— Rajshekhar Rajaharia (@rajaharia) May 12, 2021
Flipkart should secure accounts
He also said that Flipkart should secure its accounts. Anyone with a leaked email and password can easily login from anywhere, including Flipkart, through VPN / TOR. Rajgharia said that 2FA (two-factor authentication) is mandatory for all accounts.
Apart from this, he has also posted the details of the account being sold on Telegram. When contacted, a Flipkart spokesperson said that the group is fully focused on maintaining the security and security of customer data and has strong information security systems and controls.
