Hackers Demanding 4000$ of Ransom from Paytm
A cyber research firm, Cyble, has announced about the data breach of Paytm. However, in a statement Paytm denied about the breach news. According to the firm Cyble, a hacker group named “John Wick” is behind this Paytm data breach. This group has collected ransom from different Indian Organizations, including apps like Zee5, Sumo Payroll, Stashfin and others. The hacker group ‘John Wick’ got access to unrestricted all the databases and was also able to upload Adminer on Paytm Mall app website. In a blogpost on Sunday, Cyble said, The sources have forwarded the messages where the hackers claimed and have demanded $4000, (10 ETH) to receive the ransom payment from Paytm Mall. ‘John Wick’ hacker group has acted as a ‘grey-hat’ hacker as they offered help to the companies to fix the bugs. If you don’t know, a ‘grey hat’ is a computer hacker who finds and fixes the vulnerabilities in systems and platforms. And the owner does not know about this, and it asks for fees to fix the issue in their systems. However, Paytm Mall has denied about this issue and said it would verify the matter. On Sunday evening, Paytm Mall’s internal cybersecurity teams did not find any data breach. Paytm Mall spokesperson said,
