1. Executive Summary
On 23rd September 2026, a threat actor on an underground forum named X Forums1 is reportedly claiming approximately 22 TB of data allegedly stolen from Indian diplomatic and foreign-affairs entities, including the Indian Embassy and Ministry of Foreign Affairs, for US$200,000. The accompanying material shown in the sample pictures references a substantial collection of official documents and large reference databases, including senior appointment circulars, Foreign Service Board records, IFS officer language-proficiency lists, organizational charts, officer directories, journal databases, Foreign Service Institute resources, telephone directories, and large government reference datasets.
Further analysis of the sample provided by the threat actor determined that the exposed records were already present in publicly accessible open-source datasets.
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