Tokopedia, Indonesia's largest e-commerce platform, says it is investigating an attempted hack and claims that the details of millions of its users have been leaked online. (Photo: asia.nikkei.com)Hanoi(VNA) – Tokopedia, Indonesia's largest e-commerce platform, said it wasinvestigating an attempted hack and claims that the details of millions of itsusers had been leaked online.
The platform has found that there had been an attempt to steal data from Tokopedia users, aspokesman of the company said in a statement on May 2.
However,Tokopedia ensured thatcrucial information such as passwords remains successfully protected behindencryption, the statement said, adding that at this moment, the companycontinued to investigatefurther into this matter and there was no additional information that it can share.
Data breachmonitoring firm Under the Breach published a Twitter post the same day showingscreenshots from an unnamed individual who claimed he had acquired the personaldetails of 15 million Tokopedia users during a hack on the e-commerce site inMarch.
According tothe screenshots, which show names, emails and birthdays of the users, the hacker alleged he or she was possessing a much bigger user database and asked for assistance to "crack" users'passwords.
Under theBreach, which monitors cyber crime, said on May 3 the hacker had updated thepost to offer the details of 91 million users for 5,000 USD on the Darknet. Thefirm shared a screenshot of the hacker's proposed offer posted online.
Backed by 2billion USD in funding from investors including SoftBank Group Corp's VisionFund and Alibaba, Tokopedia, whose founder and CEO William Tanuwijaya is one ofthe country's most prominent tech entrepreneurs, claims more than 90 millionmonthly active users./.
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