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Vianet Data Breach Nepal
Vianet Data Breach Nepal
VIANET
DATA
BREACH
Presenters
Samyojan
Sujal Aman Tapendra Dijan Salon Oman Karki
Kayastha Shrestha Raj Joshi Ghale Basnet Rynne
Acknowledgement
Chiranjibi Adhikari
-Cybersecurity Expert
-Founder & CEO of One Cover Pvt Ltd
Profile Link:
Table of Contents
Presentation objectives
Vianet Background
The Breach
Impact
Vianet’s Response
Objectives of this
presentation
Studying Vianet’s breach Analyzing various
case, aspects of data breach,
• Email Address of
customers
• Location (possibly
residential addresses)
• Phone numbers of
Impact
• 1,76,518 users got their confidential
data leaked, (source link)
• Concerns about digital data privacy
were raised by this incident among
Nepalese citizens,
• Repetition of hacks like Foodmandu
hack a month ago (see full article)
questions cybersecurity in Nepal,
• Vianet's reputation as a trustworthy
internet service provider suffered
leading damage to its brand image,
• Data got leaked to the dark web
which is a portal for all the bad
Vianet’s Response
Vianet responded through their website by acknowledging the cyber threat and apologizing
for the incident and also requested to follow some safety measures like:
1.Not entertaining calls or SMS from unknown numbers or answer non-verified or
suspicious emails. Don’t give out your private information to such sources,
2. If you receive any calls on behalf of Vianet, please ensure the call is coming from any
one of the following verified numbers before answering our calls:
9801046410
01-5970444, or
01-4217555
Saving these numbers to easily verify calls from Vianet.
3. If you receive any emails on behalf of Vianet, please ensure it has the official domain
“@vianet.com.np”. Kindly do not open or reply to any suspicious emails.
4. Please reach out to us if you have any issues using the following means:
Call Centre: 01-5970444, 9801046410
Facebook Chat Support: fb.com/vianetnepal
Email: customercare@vianet.com.np
source: Link here
Vianet Data Breach
References
Any Queries
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