Recently, a serious threat regarding data privacy has emerged in India. The website ProxyEarth has made the complete information of any user public with the help of just the mobile number. This includes name, father’s name, residential address and even information about which telecom tower the phone is located near.
ProxyEarth is a website that is exposing the data of millions of mobile users. As soon as you enter a simple mobile number, it extracts information to telecom records. Sometimes it can also display the user’s live location using triangulation data from telecom towers. In this way, information about someone’s presence in real time can be obtained.
It is being told that behind this website is a person named Rakesh, who calls himself a programmer and video editor. Even before this he had operated some pirated websites. Rakesh says that the information released in ProxyEarth was already leaked on the internet and he is using it to increase traffic and promote his other products.
This data leak is not only a violation of privacy, but it can also lead to financial fraud. Information like name, address and email can be extremely beneficial to scammers. It will become easier to steal someone’s identity and make fake transactions, due to which this is being considered the most dangerous data leak ever.
It is surprising to know that ProxyEarth is still active on the internet without any restriction. It has been operational for about a week and the person behind it is also actively present on social media. In such a situation, the question arises that when will action be taken on such a big security lapse.
The functioning of the website is simple, but the data leakage being done by it is extremely worrying. By using this, the insecurity of the users can be estimated.
The website is still active, confirming its availability. Since this is a free service, there is no question of any cost.
