Impact & Downstream Threats
This breach carries critical risk due to the nature of exposed data fields and the scale of affected records.
- Credential stuffing against reused passwords across other platforms
- SIM swap attacks where phone numbers are present
- Targeted phishing campaigns using exposed email addresses
- Social media account targeting and impersonation
Breach Intelligence
Executive Summary
In January 2019, ixigo, a private company based in India, experienced a data exposure due to a security misconfiguration, resulting in approximately 17.2M records containing auth token, device information, email address, full name, gender, passport number.
Credential data was included in the breach, creating risk for account takeover across platforms where passwords may have been reused. The presence of password data in the breach increases the risk of credential stuffing attacks on other services.
The incident has been cataloged by both Have I Been Pwned and DataBreach.com. ObscureIQ has independently verified and classified this breach as part of its ongoing threat intelligence operations.
About ixigo
Indian travel and booking platform.
Data Points Exposed
Dark Web Verification
Status: Confirmed
- Dataset containing approximately 17.2M records identified in breach intelligence sources.
- The data is indexed and searchable across breach notification platforms.
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Frequently Asked Questions
In January 2019, ixigo experienced a data breach that exposed approximately 17.2M records containing personal information.
The exposed data includes fields such as auth token, device information, email address, full name, gender.
Approximately 17.2M records were affected based on current breach intelligence.
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