Data breach · April 2015

Was I in the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India breach?

Telecom Regulatory Authority of India is India's telecom regulator. Its breach happened in April 2015 and exposed 107,776 accounts. It included email messages and email addresses. If you had an account there by April 2015, check your address below to see whether it is one of them.

Breach record last updated . Steps read from the government pages at the foot of this page.

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01

What happened?

In April 2015 the regulator itself published many thousands of emails that citizens had sent in support of net neutrality. The published lists showed the name and email address of each sender and the full message, often with a signature carrying more personal details.

Organisation
Telecom Regulatory Authority of India, India's telecom regulator (trai.gov.in)
When it happened
April 2015
Added to monitored breach databases
27 April 2015
Accounts in the data
107,776
What was exposed
email messages and email addresses
02

What was exposed, and what does it mean for me?

  • Messages you wroteemail messages

    Private messages can hold personal details, and their exposure can be used to pressure or embarrass you.

  • Your email addressemail addresses

    Expect messages that look like they come from this service or another one you use, written to get you to click a link or sign in on a fake page.

03

What should I do now?

In this order, for what this breach exposed.

1. Assume your messages can be read

  • Think about what you wrote on Telecom Regulatory Authority of India and who it names. Warn anyone whose details you shared.
  • If someone threatens to publish what you wrote unless you pay, do not pay. Keep the messages and report it to your local police.

2. Expect phishing

  • Be wary of messages that urge you to act fast, ask for personal details, or link to an address that is slightly off.
  • If a message might be genuine, do not use its links or phone numbers. Go to the site by typing its address yourself.
04

Is my address in it?

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