Reliance Jio, after denying data breach earlier, now files police complaint

1. Reliance Jio, after denying data breach earlier, now files police complaint Reliance Jio Infocomm, which is looking into reports of a major leak of user data, has filed a police complaint alleging "unlawful access to its systems," a police officer involved in the investigation said on Wednesday. The complaint, made on Monday in Navi Mumbai, where Jio is headquartered, would be the telecom firm's first official acknowledgement of a system breach. Jio, part of conglomerate Reliance Industries (RIL), did not respond to a Reuters request for comment on Wednesday. Several local news websites reported late on Sunday that names, telephone numbers and email addresses of Jio users were visible on a site called 'Magicapk,' which was subsequently taken down. News outlets such as Indian Express and MediaNamareported being able to cross- reference and confirm the veracity of the data on numerous Jio customers known to themReuters reported that police in the western state of Rajasthan detained a man on suspicion of involvement in the breach, which cyber security analysts said could be the first large-scale leak from an Indian telecoms firm. The officer involved in the matter declined to give further detail on the investigation, but said preliminary evidence indicated the widely-used Aadhaar numbers of Jio customers were not compromised in the leak. Article Source By:-Business Standard