Taj Hotel Groups data breached 15 lakh customers personal information stolen accused demanding 5000 dollars

Taj Hotels group Data Breach : Cybercriminals have breached the data of Taj Hotel Group. A report has claimed that cybercriminals have personal information of about 15 lakh customers and they can leak it if their demands are not met. The name of a cybercriminal called ‘Danakukis’ is coming to the fore in this case. He has demanded 5 thousand dollars (about Rs 4,16,549) in exchange for the dataset. According to Economic Times Report According to, the hotel group has said that it is investigating the matter.

What did cyber criminals steal?

ET’s report states that the data thief has obtained a lot of personal information of the customers of the Taj Hotel Group. All the details including the customers’ addresses, membership IDs, mobile numbers have reached the cyber criminals. The customer data that ‘Danakukis’ breached is said to be from the year 2014 to 2020.

The data has not been leaked yet

The good thing is that the criminal has not leaked the data to anyone yet. But he has put three conditions. Business Daily has written that the criminal wants a middle man in this case, who holds an admin position. The criminal has made it clear that he will not give any data sample.

Indian Hotels Company Limited (IHCL), which runs the Taj Group, has also issued a statement on this matter. Its spokesperson has said that a criminal named ‘Dancookies’ is demanding 5 thousand dollars for the entire dataset. We have come to know about a person who is claiming possession of limited customer sets. The hotel group has also admitted that the cyber security watchdog and the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) are aware of this data breach.

The hotel group says it is investigating the culprit’s claims. The relevant authorities have been informed. The company has said that customer data is of utmost importance to it.