Shocking! Sunny Leone PAN card details used for fraud; what you can do to avoid identity theft

tech.hindustantimes.com:

Actress Sunny Leone PAN card details have been misused in a loan fraud. The actress took to Twitter to reveal the shocking crime. In the tweet about the misuse of her PAN card details, Sunny Leone alleged that her identity has been used to acquire a loan of ₹2,000 and that this has affected her credit score. Informing about the same, Sunny Leone tweeted, "This just happened to me. INSANE. Some idiot used my Pan to take a Rs. 2000 loan and affected my CIBIL score (sic)." Even though she deleted the tweet later, but The Print report mentions that she tagged Indiabulls Securities Limited while asking how the company allowed this to happen. It is not known whether a glitch on fintech platform Dhani Stocks Limited (which was earlier Indiabulls Securities) was responsible for it, or some other reason caused Sunny Leone identity theft to happen. The company is yet to issue a statement. For the common man, this can be a big problem as the PAN card details can be misused online.

Sunny Leone however, later took to Twitter again to tweet a thank you note after the issue was seemingly resolved. In her response, she thanked IndiaBulls Securities, "Thank you IndiaBulls Security, IndiaBulls Home Loans, and TransUnion CIBIL for swiftly fixing this & making sure it will NEVER happen again. I know you will take care of all the others who have issues to avoid this in the future. NO ONE WANTS TO DEAL WITH A BAD CIBIL!!! I'm referring to my previous post (sic).”

Sunny Leone is not the only victim, as several people have taken to Twitter to complain about the misuse of their PAN cards through Indiabulls-owned fintech startup Dhani that disbursed loans on their PAN cards to third parties without their knowledge. These loans are now listed as