In mid-2019, the Indian interactive online tutoring platform Vedantu suffered a data breach which exposed the personal data of 687k users. The JSON formatted database dump exposed extensive personal information including email and IP address, names, phone numbers, genders and passwords stored as bcrypt hashes. When contacted about the incident, Vedantu advised that they were aware of the breach and were in the process of informing their customers.

Accounts breached: 686899

Breached on: July 08, 2019

Exposed data: Browser user agent details, Email addresses, Genders, IP addresses, Names, Passwords, Phone numbers, Spoken languages, Time zones, and Website activity

Domain: vedantu.com

Added on: November 01, 2019

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