HDB Financial Services Data Breach

What happened?

In March 2023, the Indian non-bank lending unit HDB Financial Services suffered a data breach that disclosed over 70M customer records . Containing 1.6M unique email addresses, the breach also disclosed names, dates of birth, phone numbers, genders, post codes and loan information belonging to the customers.

When did it happen?

The breach date in the public record is February 22, 2023. The record was added to the catalogue on March 11, 2023 and last updated there on March 11, 2023.

What information was reported as exposed?

• Dates of birth
• Email addresses
• Genders
• Geographic locations
• Loan information
• Names
• Phone numbers

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 HDB Financial Services or used hdbfs.com around February 22, 2023. 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.