Zerodha hack and security incidents

Wed, 20 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000

No documented major hack of Zerodha resulting in client funds or securities loss has been publicly reported. Zerodha has had operational incidents (outages, login issues, slowdowns) on heavy-volume days, and individual client accounts have been compromised via phishing of personal credentials, but the broker’s core systems have not been publicly known to be breached.

This article gives an accurate picture of the security and incident history.

What “hack” typically means in retail discussion

When retail clients ask about Zerodha being “hacked”, they usually mean one of:

Outages on WebNotes

Zerodha hack and security incidents

What “hack” typically means in retail discussion