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A major Indian ride-hailing platform was exposing sensitive user data thanks to a bug in one of its APIs.
Auto-rickshaw is a three-wheeled vehicle, popular across India and many Asian countries.
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Rapido exposure
The database has been seen byTechCrunch, which confirmed its authenticity.
The publication subsequently reached out to Rapido, who locked down the database and prevented more unauthorized access.
Phone numbers and email addresses are vital in running phishing and identity theft scams.
Sanka added that the collected phone numbers and email addresses were non-personal in nature.
