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by sealord 3307 days ago
It was clarified later that the "hacker" was a security professional who put up all that data on the Dark Web to draw Zomato's attention to loopholes in its systems.

http://blog.zomato.com/post/160986258541/security-update-wha...

Edit - Turns out the OP's article mentions the same thing. Might as well confess a personal bias - every time I see a Daily Mail article, I can't help but think about how they served as a Nazi mouthpiece for years before the war, so all their stuff's got to be inaccurate/biased.

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> [Daily Mail] served as a Nazi mouthpiece for years before the war

> [Therefore,] all their stuff's got to be inaccurate/biased.

That conclusion doesn't really follow from the premise.

I agree, but as someone who hates daily mail because I don't find it credible nor to have much depth; it does speak them being historically pretty shit as wel
If you want some more historical fun, go back and look up which newspapers were supportive of Japanese internment :)