From Yahoo Finance: 2025-06-16 10:45:00

Indian car-sharing platform Zoomcar experienced a data breach affecting 8.4 million customers, compromising names, phone numbers, and car registration details. The incident was discovered on June 9, prompting the company to activate its response plan. Financial information and sensitive identifiers were not compromised. Zoomcar has enhanced security measures and is cooperating with authorities.

Zoomcar has not disclosed if affected customers were notified or information about the hacker. The company is working with cybersecurity experts and authorities. Established in 2013, Zoomcar offers car rentals in 99 cities with over 25,000 cars and 10 million users. In February, the company reported a 19% increase in car rentals, with a contribution profit of $1.28 million.

Despite the breach, Zoomcar’s operations remain unaffected. The company is focused on enhancing security measures and cooperating with authorities.



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