India-based car-sharing company Zoomcar has disclosed a data breach affecting 8.4M users after attackers compromised its systems and contacted the company staff.
The breach involved unauthorized access to Zoomcar's information systems, leading to exposure of names, contacts, and addresses of users.
No financial data or passwords were compromised in the breach.
Zoomcar is investigating the security incident and has taken measures to enhance cloud and network security with the help of cybersecurity experts.
The company notified authorities about the breach, and its operations have not been significantly impacted so far.
Legal, financial, and reputational impacts of the breach are being assessed by Zoomcar.
The company has not provided specific details about the cyber attack, and no ransomware group has taken responsibility for the incident.
Zoomcar had previously experienced a data breach in July 2018 that affected over 3.5 million users.