Data breach allegations: MobiKwik forensic audit gets moving on RBI order

Payments firm says working closely with requisite authorities to conduct independent audit

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Data breach | MobiKwik | Hacking

Neha Alawadhi & Anup Roy  |  New Delhi/Mumbai 

As controversy around the alleged data breach at payments firm MobiKwik rages on, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), it is learnt, has asked the Gurugram-headquartered firm to get a third-party forensic audit done through an auditor approved by the cyber incident arm of the government. According to a person aware of the matter, MobiKwik has been in touch with the Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) on the matter.

CERT-In is the nodal agency responsible for dealing with cyber incidents, under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY). The alleged breach is ...

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First Published: Thu, April 01 2021. 06:10 IST
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