Indian music streaming service Gaana hacked, millions of users' details exposed

Author: ABHIMANYU GHOSHAL - Published 2015-05-29 10:02

Indian music streaming service Gaana, which has over 7.5 million monthly visitors, has been comprised by a hacker and its user information database is now exposed.

The hacker, who goes by the moniker Mak Man and appears to be based in Lahore, Pakistan, posted a link to a searchable database of Gaana user details on his Facebook page. Enter a userâ€™s email address and it spits out their full name, email address, MD5-hashed password, date of birth Facebook and Twitter profiles and more.

The hack appears to be a SQL injection-based exploit of Gaanaâ€™s systems, but the intention behind it is unknown. The database shows more than 12.5 million users are currently registered on Gaana.