Bengaluru Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB)
Credit: Special Arrangement
Bengaluru: A day after DH reported the data breach in the Bangalore Water Supply and Sewage Board's (BWSSB) application portal for water connection, the cybercrime police have registered a case.
The FIR was registered on Tuesday by the Central CEN police following a complaint by the BWSSB.
In the FIR, the BWSSB agreed that it was informed of the breach on April 11 by the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In).
"Upon receiving this information, we immediately took all necessary actions to safeguard the database and contain the breach. Security measures have been reinforced, and steps have been taken to prevent any further unauthorised access," the FIR noted.
"We request you to kindly take cognisance of this complaint and initiate a thorough investigation into the matter. We are prepared to provide any technical details, access logs, or documentation required to support the investigation. Hence, we request you to take legal action on the person who is involved in this case."
On April 10, CloudSEK, the cybersecurity firm in Bengaluru, discovered the breach.
In the probe report shared exclusively with DH, it was revealed that the access to over 2.9 lakh BWSSB customers' records, including PAN, Aadhaar numbers, payment data and mobile numbers, was put on sale on an underground data leaks forum on the internet for $500 (approximately Rs 42,517).