Angel One informed the exchanges that on February 27, it received certain data leakage post alerts via email from its dark-web monitoring partner, informing it of unauthorised access to the client’s data.
Some of Angel One’s AWS resources were compromised. The company has immediately changed all related credentials of its AWS cloud and other applications, the notice said.
“We value the data privacy of our clients and as an immediate measure, we have engaged an external forensic partner to validate and investigate the impact of this incident and its thorough root cause analysis. We have verified that this breach does not have any impact on clients securities, funds and credentials; and all our client accounts remain secure. We continue to investigate this further to assess its potential impact, if any, and are making this disclosure as a matter of good governance.” Angel One’s release added.
The broking firm said that it is continuing its investigation to assess the full potential impact of the breach and has committed to taking all necessary actions to safeguard its clients’ interests.
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