3K Indian users impacted by the recent OnePlus security breach: CERT-In
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India’s cybersecurity agency, CERT-In has released an advisory on the extent of the recent OnePlus security breach for the Chinese smartphone manufacturer’s customers in India. The advisory claimed that less than 3K Indian customers were exposed to the security breach.
CERT-In through the advisory asked the OnePlus users to change their account passwords and use a strong password. OnePlus had however claimed that password data was not accessed.
The cybersecurity body further cautioned that the users may receive spam and phishing emails as a result of this incident and has therefore asked the users to stay alert against these kinds of mails. It has also urged users not to open attachments and not click on any URL links in these spam email, even if the link seems agreeable. The severity of this breach was rated as “medium.”
OnePlus enjoys a 35% of the premium smartphone market share in India, according to Counterpoint Research. With the premium segment contributing around 5% of the market by volume for the quarter, OnePlus has led this segment for two consecutive quarters. The brand is considered as the choice for Indian smartphone consumers moving to the premium category.
As per OnePlus’s statement, the company discovered that some of its users’ order information was accessed by an unauthorised party during a system check. The company claimed to have sent emails to the impacted users. However, the company said in the statement that the users’ email address, name, personal number, shipping details were being exposed.
Furthermore, OnePlus said that those who have not received and email from OnePlus team are safe from the data breach. Also, it said that it has taken immediate measures to stop further intrusions and reinforce security, and the Chinese smartphone maker said it will be working with the relevant cybersecurity agencies to investigate the matter.
OnePlus users were also affected by a security breach in January 2018, where 40K smartphone users’ credit card details were exposed.
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