Shark Tank India 3 Fame Aman Gupta’s Boat Faces Data Breach, Consumers’ Information LEAKED

shark tank india 3 fame aman gupta boat faces data breach consumers information leaked

Shark Tank India 3 judge and CMO of BoAt Lifestyle, Aman Gupta has faced a major issue in his company. According to reports, his company reportedly faced a major data breach. In fact, the personal information of the customers has been leaked. Ever since the news came out, netizens have been expressing concern about the same on social media.

Aman Gupta’s boAt in trouble

A report published in Forbes India suggests that the data breach was discovered by a hacker named ShopifyGUY. The hacker stated that he or she gained access to Boat Lifestyle’s database on April 5. He or she also shared the files containing breached data that comprised 7.5 million entries on a dark web forum.

Right from personal information such as names and addresses to customer IDs and contact numbers, the data of all Boat customers is available for sale on the dark web.

BoAt’s official statement

Aman Gupta’s Boat immediately issued a statement with the MoneyControl portal and informed people that they were aware of the data breach. In the statement, the organisation said, “boAt is aware of recent claims regarding a potential data leak involving customer information. We take these claims seriously and have immediately launched a comprehensive investigation. At boAt, safeguarding customer data is our top priority.”

On the other hand, Threat Intelligence Researcher Saumay Srivastava told the magazine, “The consequences for companies include a loss of customer confidence, legal consequences, and reputational harm. The major implications make it even more essential to implement adequate security practice.”

It looks like the issue is quite serious and the company is working on it. For those who’ve come in late, Aman Gupta has been judging Shark Tank India since season 1. In this season, Gupta is being accompanied by Anupam Mittal, Namita Thapar, Vineeta Singh, Amit Jain, Peyush Bansal, Ritesh Agarwal and other entrepreneurs.