India, June 4 -- Ultrahuman suffered a cybersecurity incident in March this year, which led to hackers accessing certain personal information of the smart ring maker's users.

In an email sent to impacted customers, the smart ring brand said that the breach occurred on March 27 after an unauthorised third-party gained "read-only" access to the startup's internal analytics systems. Ultrahuman added that the access was limited as the system in question did not permit modification or deletion of data.

Subsequently, the startup said that it took the impacted system offline and revoked all access to the said system.

Meanwhile, Ultrahuman told TechCrunch that the attackers gained access via credentials stolen from a malware-infected laptop of...