India, April 10 -- Boat, the popular Indian audio products and smartwatch producer has grappled with a significant data breach where it lost data of almost 7.5 million of its customers. The breach has affected the personal information of over 7.5 million individuals, raising serious concerns about cybersecurity and customer privacy.

The breach was reportedly carried out by a hacker known as 'ShopifyGUY'. The leaked data includes sensitive details such as names, addresses, contact numbers, email IDs, and customer IDs of the boat's customers which have been exposed on the dark web.

Now, this breach has exposed affected customers to potential 'financial fraud' and 'phishing scams'. Cybercriminals could misuse the leaked information against...