Indian pharmacy chain giant exposed customer data and internal systems


A major Indian pharmacy chain operated a flawed platform which exposed highly sensitive data of millions of users, experts have warned. DavaIndia Pharmacy, the pharmacy arm of Zota Healthcare, currently runs more than 2,300 stores across the country – however, its platform was bugged in a way that allowed unauthenticated users to create “super admin” accounts.

These accounts came with high privileges, allowing the attackers to access extremely sensitive information: they could exfiltrate customer information (including health conditions, medications, and other private purchases), tamper with product listings (they could modify the entries and prices), change which drugs required a doctor’s prescription, and more.

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