Gaadi Data Breach

What happened?

In May 2015, the Indian motoring website known as Gaadi had 4.3 million records exposed in a data breach. The data contained usernames, email and IP addresses, genders, the city of users as well as passwords stored in both plain text and as MD5 hashes. The site was previously reported as compromised on the Vigilante.pw breached database directory.

When did it happen?

The breach date in the public record is May 14, 2015. The record was added to the catalogue on July 1, 2018 and last updated there on July 1, 2018.

What information was reported as exposed?

• Email addresses
• Genders
• Geographic locations
• IP addresses
• Names
• Passwords
• Phone numbers
• Usernames

These are incident-level categories. The record does not prove that every category was exposed for every affected person.

Who may be affected?

This record may be relevant to people who had an account or other relationship with Gaadi or used gaadi.com around May 14, 2015. A catalogue entry does not establish that every customer was affected or that every listed data category applied to each person. Compare the record with an official notice addressed to you.

What should you do?

Choose actions that match the information involved. If you find signs that someone is using your identity, the Federal Trade Commission provides a personal recovery plan at IdentityTheft.gov.