Upstox Data Breach

What happened?

In April 2021, Indian brokerage firm Upstox suffered a data breach . The incident exposed extensive personal information on over 100k customers including names, genders, dates of birth, physical addresses, banking information and passwords stored as bcrypt hashes. Extensive "know your customer" information was also exposed including scans of bank statements, cheques and identity documents complete with Aadhaar numbers.

When did it happen?

The breach date in the public record is April 8, 2021. The record was added to the catalogue on January 19, 2022 and last updated there on January 19, 2022.

What information was reported as exposed?

• Bank account numbers
• Dates of birth
• Email addresses
• Family members' names
• Genders
• Government issued IDs
• Income levels
• Marital statuses
• Nationalities
• Occupations
• Passwords
• Phone numbers
• Physical addresses

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 Upstox or used upstox.com around April 8, 2021. 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.