Vedantu Data Breach

What happened?

In mid-2019, the Indian interactive online tutoring platform Vedantu suffered a data breach which exposed the personal data of 687k users. The JSON formatted database dump exposed extensive personal information including email and IP address, names, phone numbers, genders and passwords stored as bcrypt hashes. When contacted about the incident, Vedantu advised that they were aware of the breach and were in the process of informing their customers.

When did it happen?

The breach date in the public record is July 8, 2019. The record was added to the catalogue on November 1, 2019 and last updated there on November 1, 2019.

What information was reported as exposed?

• Browser user agent details
• Email addresses
• Genders
• IP addresses
• Names
• Passwords
• Phone numbers
• Spoken languages
• Time zones
• Website activity

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 Vedantu or used vedantu.com around July 8, 2019. 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.