Tapsi CEO Announces that Hackers Have Accessed Some of Tapsi Users’ Information. Apparently, the Hackers Were Attempting Extortion, but Tapsi Has Decided Not to Cooperate with Them.
According to IDEA, Milad Manshipour, the CEO of Tapsi, has announced on Twitter that hackers have gained access to some of Tapsi users’ information. The hackers were attempting extortion, but Tapsi has decided not to cooperate with them.
It seems that further access by hackers to the acquired information has been prevented, but it is still unclear which portion of Tapsi’s information has fallen into their hands. Since the hackers did not achieve their demands, it is likely that they will release the obtained information in the coming days on the internet.
The CEO of Tapsi, while expressing regret over this incident, has accepted responsibility and promised to conduct a thorough investigation and provide additional information.
The hackers have posted a sample of the hacked information on a Telegram post and put them up for sale for $35,000.
The hackers claim to have gained access to the following amount of information:
- Information of over 27 million passengers, including names, surnames, mobile numbers, cities, and occasionally emails.
- Information of over 6 million drivers, including names, national identification numbers, city codes, and mobile numbers.
- Information of over 136 million trips, including passenger IDs, complete origin and destination addresses, short origin and destination addresses, and GPS coordinates for origin and destination.
- Source code of Tapsi company products such as mobile applications, and more.
- Information about passengers’ and drivers’ mobile devices.
Tapsi states that they are working with the police to identify the attacking group and prevent the sale of information.
The deputy social police chief of FATA (Cyber Police) has reported the removal of the source of contamination caused by a hacking source in the Tapsi application and stated that there is no concern for compatriots and service recipients from the Tapsi application.
Colonel Ramin Pashaie, the deputy social police chief of FATA, regarding the details of the Tapsi application hack, stated that a hacking group with a known identity gained access to the information of some of the service recipients of the Tapsi internet taxi company a month ago.
He added that this hacking group is demanding $35,000 from Tapsi to return and not publish the service recipients’ information, which Tapsi does not comply with and has filed a complaint against the hacking group.
Colonel Pashaie concluded by saying that legal action has been taken following Tapsi’s complaint against this hacking group, and the source of contamination has been resolved. Tapsi is also continuing its services, and there is no concern for compatriots.
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